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28 Geminorum

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:28 | Tran: 21:21 | Set: 6:18
Alt: 11.74°   Az: 57.82°   Direction: East-North-East

28 Geminorum is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Gemini.

28 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.44. Because of its faintness, 28 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 28 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 28 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 28 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 46m 20s
+28° 56’ 35”
16h 44m 59s
23h 31m 20s

J2000

06h 44m 45s
+28° 58’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

186.08°
11.43°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.44
Giant

-0.77
K4III
3870K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 28 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 28 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

28 Geminorum is distant 569.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

174.83
569.93
16 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

28 Geminorum
SAO78692
SAO78692

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 28 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.1°
Max altitude: 67.5°
Azimuth: 298.9°