37 Geminorum

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:55 | Tran: 16:18 | Set: 0:41

Alt: 51.30° Az: 242.04° Direction: West-South-West

37 Geminorum is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Gemini.

37 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, 37 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.

DSS2 image of 37 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 56m 52s

Declination +25° 20’ 28”

Hour Angle 02h 30m 40s

Sidereal Time 09h 27m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 55m 18s

Declination +25° 22’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 190.42°

Galactic Latitude 12.06°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.73

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 4.54

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.57

Temperature 6088K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

37 Geminorum is distant 56.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 17.27

Distance (light year) 56.31

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.042 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Geminorum

Henry Draper Catalogue HD50692

SAO Catalogue SAO78866

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33277

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 1496

Gliese Catalogue Gl 252

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 37 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.7° RISE 7:55

Max altitude: 63.9° TRANSIT 16:18

Azimuth: 295.3° SET 0:41

Set Location

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