Binary star in the constellation Auriga
Psi6 Aurigae ,Latinized from ψ6 Aurigae, is aspectroscopic binary [ 5] star in the northernconstellation ofAuriga . It is a dim, naked eye star with anapparent visual magnitude of +5.22.[ 2] parallax shift of9.05 ± 0.38mas ,[ 1] light-years (110parsecs ) distant from the Earth.
This is a single-linedspectroscopic binary star system with anorbital period of 5,996 days (16.4 years) and aneccentricity of 0.044.[ 5] K-type giant star with astellar classification of K0.5 III.[ 1] red giant branch and is around 1.55 billion years old. As such, it has an estimated double themass of the Sun and about 18 times theSun's radius . The star is radiating about 123 times theSun's luminosity from itsphotosphere at aneffective temperature of 4,574 K.[ 6]
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