AR Aurigae
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| Observation data Epoch J2000 |
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| Constellation (pronunciation) |
Auriga |
| Right ascension | 05h 18m 18.9s |
| Declination | +33° 46' 02" |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +6.15 |
| Distance | 398 ± 38 ly (122 ± 12 pc) |
| Spectral type | B9.5V |
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AR Aurigae (AR Aur) is an eclipsing binary in the constellation Auriga. It is approximately 398 light-years from Earth.
Both components are blue-white B-type or main sequence dwarfs which do not fill their Roche lobes. The system has a with a mean apparent magnitude of +6.15 but because of the eclipses, AR Aurigae is a variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +6.15 to +6.82 with a period of 4.13 days.
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