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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	63 Aurigae
HR (BSC)	2696
HD	54716
Constellation	Auriga
Right Ascension	7h 11m 39s
Declination	+39° 19' 14"
Distance	428 light years 131 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.9 Absolute: -0.1
Spectral Class	K3.5III Orange Giant
Optimum Visibility	January
Notes	An orange giant star in the eastern parts of of the constellation Auriga, 63 Aurigae lies to the northwest of the bright stars Castor and Pollux in Gemini. This star is nearly forty times the diameter of the Sun, and generates several hundred times as much energy.

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