PU Aurigae is an irregular variable star located in the constellation Auriga. Ared giant, it varies by 0.1 magnitude around magnitude 5.64,[8] so it is faintly visible to thenaked eye. Located around 560 light-years distant, it shines with aluminosity approximately 1,523 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3,482 K.[6]
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