28 Aurigae (28 Aur) is a star in the constellationAuriga. Its apparent magnitude is 6.80. It is a giant star which has exhausted its core hydrogen and expanded to ten times the size of the Sun. Despite being slightly cooler than the sun at 5,443K it is 74 times more luminous. It is located about 626ly away.
28 Aurigae is one of the few faint Flamsteed stars which is not in the Bright Star Catalogue. It is included in the Hipparcos catalogue and its parallax was calculated to be 4.99±0.57mas. Its Gaia Data Release 3 parallax is larger and more precise at 5.2120±0.0306
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