| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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| Constellation | Auriga |
| Right ascension | 05h 00m 23.214s[1] |
| Declination | +39° 39′ 16.76″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.48[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | red giant orsupergiant |
| Spectral type | K5III, K4I[3] |
| U−Bcolor index | +2.01[2] |
| B−Vcolor index | +1.71[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | -23.9[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 1.065[1]mas/yr Dec.: -2.826[1]mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 2.7647±0.0763 mas[1] |
| Distance | 1,180 ± 30 ly (362 ± 10 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.17[5] M☉ |
| Radius | 77[6] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1,300[6] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 0.78[5] cgs |
| Temperature | 3,928[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.10[5] dex |
| Other designations | |
| BD+39°1134,HD 31780,HIP 23268,HR 1602,SAO 57560[7] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
6 Aurigae is astar in theconstellationAuriga. Itsapparent magnitude is 6.48.
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