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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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16 Geminorum

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:10 | Tran: 15:00 | Set: 22:49
Alt: 58.41°   Az: 166.01°   Direction: South-South-East

16 Geminorum is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Gemini.

16 Geminorum visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, 16 Geminorum is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 16 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 16 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 29m 27s
+20° 28’ 42”
23h 28m 54s
05h 58m 22s

J2000

06h 27m 56s
+20° 29’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

192.06°
4.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 16 Geminorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Main-sequence

0.13
A2V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Geminorum is distant 537.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

165.02
537.95
39 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

16 Geminorum
SAO78402
SAO78402

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.5°
Max altitude: 59.0°
Azimuth: 290.5°