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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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26 Geminorum

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:30 | Tran: 16:01 | Set: 23:33
Alt: -10.51°   Az: 316.67°   Direction: North-West

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

26 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.21. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 26 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 43m 52s
+17° 37’ 07”
08h 59m 44s
15h 43m 37s

J2000

06h 42m 24s
+17° 38’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

196.16°
6.02°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.21
Main-sequence

2.06
A2V
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Geminorum is distant 139.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

42.72
139.26
15 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.087"/y

Alternative Designations

26 Geminorum
SAO96015
SAO96015

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.4°
Max altitude: 56.1°
Azimuth: 287.6°