Star

Menkalinan

β Aurigae · HIP 28360 · White main-sequence star

True colour from its B–V index (0.08) — a surface around 9,200 K.

Distance

81.1 light-years

Spectral type

A2V

Brightness

mag 1.90

Absolute mag

-0.08

Luminosity

94 × Sun

Surface

~9,200 K

Right ascension

5h 59m 32s

Declination

+44° 57′

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Distances and spectral types: HYG Database (Hipparcos parallaxes), CC BY-SA 4.0.