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Tau Aurigae (τ Aur τ Aurigae) is the Bayer designation for a star in the constellation Auriga. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.505 and is approximately 207 light-years (63 parsecs) distant from Earth. This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of G8 III. It has expanded to 11 times the radius of the Sun and shines with 63 times the Sun’s luminosity.
