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36 Geminorum

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:30 | Tran: 21:28 | Set: 5:29
Alt: -3.85°   Az: 47.13°   Direction: North-East

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

36 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 36 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 53m 03s
+21° 43’ 46”
15h 27m 40s
22h 20m 43s

J2000

06h 51m 33s
+21° 45’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

193.38°
9.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 36 Geminorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.27
Main-sequence

-0.78
A2V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

36 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 36 Geminorum double sysyem:

5.27
14.07
8.8
11.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Geminorum is distant 529.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

162.34
529.22
34 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

36 Geminorum
SAO78805
SAO78805

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.3°
Max altitude: 60.2°
Azimuth: 291.7°