ι-Aur (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , ι-Aur is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 18:12, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:47, 82° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:45, 31° above your western horizon.

Name ι-Aur
Object type Star
Other names
ι-Aur
Iota Aurigae
3-Aur
3 Aurigae
HR 1577[1]
HD 31398
NSV 1778
HIP 23015[3]
TYC 2391-1446-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 160886283751041408[4]
Position
Right ascension:04h56m59s [4]
Declination:+33°09'57" [4]
Constellation:Auriga
Magnitude:
Variable
2.66 (V) [2]
4.67 (BT) [2]
2.83 (VT) [2]
2.20 (G) [4]
3.50 (BP) [4]
2.05 (RP) [4]
Distance:137.9 parsec
449.7 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.56
Proper motion (speed):18.2 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):167.9°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-3.03

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