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33 Geminorum

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:35 | Tran: 20:58 | Set: 4:25
Alt: -14.86°   Az: 322.76°   Direction: North-West

33 Geminorum is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Gemini.

33 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, 33 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 33 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 33 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 33 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 51m 16s
+16° 10’ 19”
09h 29m 54s
16h 21m 11s

J2000

06h 49m 49s
+16° 12’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

198.26°
6.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 33 Geminorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Giant

-1.42
B7III
12103K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 33 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 33 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

33 Geminorum is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 33 Geminorum double sysyem:

5.85
13.15
7.3
27.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

33 Geminorum is distant 926.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

284.09
926.14
13 km/s
-0.017 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

33 Geminorum
SAO96161
SAO96161

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 33 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.8°
Max altitude: 54.7°
Azimuth: 286.2°