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Beta Aurigae

β Aurigae
Location of β Aurigae (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension 05h 59m 31.72293s[1]
Declination +44° 56′ 50.7573″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 1.89 - 1.98[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1m IV + A1m IV[3]
U−B color index +0.05[4]
B−V color index +0.03[4]
R−I color index –0.01
Variable type Algol variable[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)–18.2[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –56.44[1] mas/yr
Dec.: –0.95[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)40.21 ± 0.23 mas[1]
Distance81.1 ± 0.5 ly
(24.9 ± 0.1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.55/0.76[6]
Orbit[7]
Period (P)3.96004 days
Eccentricity (e)0.0
Inclination (i)76.0 ± 0.4°
Periastron epoch (T)54539.0162 ± 0.0003 reduced HJD
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		108.053 ± 0.072 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)		110.911 ± 0.071 km/s
Details
β Aur Aa
Mass2.389 ± 0.013[7] M☉
Radius2.77[8] R☉
Luminosity55[8] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.93[6] cgs
Temperature9,350[8] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)33[8] km/s
Age570[8] Myr
β Aur Ab
Mass2.327 ± 0.013[7] M☉
Radius2.63[8] R☉
Luminosity47[8] L☉
Temperature9,200[8] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)34[8] km/s
Other designations
Menkalinan, 34 Aurigae, ADS 4556, BD+44 1328, FK5 227, HD 40183, HIP 28360, HR 2088, SAO 40750.[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Beta Aurigae (Latinized from β Aurigae, abbreviated Beta Aur, β Aur), officially named Menkalinan /mɛŋˈkælɪnæn/,[10][11] is a binary star[12] system in the northern constellation of Auriga. The combined apparent visual magnitude of the system is 1.9,[4] making it the second-brightest member of the constellation after Capella. Using the parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, the distance to this star system can be estimated as 81.1 light-years (24.9 parsecs), give or take a half-light-year margin of error.[1]

Along their respective orbits around the Milky Way, Beta Aurigae and the Sun are closing in on each other, so that in around one million years it will become the brightest star in the night sky.[13]

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  13. ^ Tomkin, Jocelyn (April 1998). "Once and Future Celestial Kings". Sky and Telescope. 95 (4): 59–63. Bibcode:1998S&T....95d..59T. – based on computations from HIPPARCOS data. (The calculations exclude stars whose distance or proper motion is uncertain.) PDF[permanent dead link]

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