Star
Epsilon Aurigae
Epsilon Aurigae is a yellow-white star 2 132 light-years away, seen as it was 2 132 years ago, shining 22 845 times as bright as the Sun.
Every 27 years something dark covers it for about two years, thought to be a dusty disc around a hidden star. The last time was 2009 to 2011.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 2 132 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 3.03
- Spectral type
- F0Ia
- Catalogue
- HIP 23416
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.