AR Aurigae

Based on parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft, it is approximately 461 light-years from Earth.[10] Both components are blue-white B-type main-sequence stars that do not fill their Roche lobes.However, the orbit of the stars are oriented in such a way that they periodically eclipse each other, so AR Aurigae is a variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +6.15 to +6.82 with a period of 4.13 days.[11][12] When an eclipse is not occurring, the star will be faintly visible to the naked eye under very good observing conditions.[4] Because AR Aurigae is an eclipsing binary (in fact, it is the only known eclipsing binary with a mercury-manganese star), accurate characterization of its parameters has been made possible.
light curveEquinoxConstellationAurigaRight ascensionDeclinationApparent magnitudeSpectral typecolor indexVariable typeAstrometryRadial velocityProper motionParallaxDistanceAbsolute magnitudeRadiusLuminositySurface gravityTemperatureRotational velocityOther designations17 AurSIMBADFlamsteed designationbinary starHipparcoslight-yearsB-typemain-sequence starsRoche lobesapparent magnitudeeclipsevariable starnaked eyemercury-manganese starmercurymanganeseeclipsing binarylight-time effectBibcodeVizieRConstellation of AurigaAuriga in Chinese astronomyList of stars in Aurigaα (Capella)β (Menkalinan)γ (Elnath)ε (Almaaz)ζ (Saclateni)η (Haedus)θ (Mahasim)ι (Hassaleh)λ (Alhurr)Flamsteed35 CamVariableRT (48)45350 (Lucilinburhuc)49674 (Nervia)Gliese 268HAT-P-9 (Tevel)KELT-2MWC 480SGR 0501+4516UGPS J0521+3640WASP-12ExoplanetsHAT-P-9b (Alef)HD 40979 bHD 43691 bHD 45350 bHD 49674 bKELT-2AbWASP-12bStarclustersMessier 36Messier 37Messier 38Palomar 2NebulaeIC 405IC 2149Westbrook NebulaGalaxies3C 1474C +41.17DA 193MCG +08-11-011Galaxy clustersMACS J0717.5+3745