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38 Geminorum

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:50 | Tran: 4:00 | Set: 11:06
Alt: 6.12°   Az: 283.45°   Direction: West-North-West

38 Geminorum is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Gemini.

38 Geminorum visual magnitude is 4.65. Because of its moderate brightness, 38 Geminorum is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 38 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 38 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (13.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 56m 02s
+13° 08’ 40”
06h 27m 01s
13h 23m 04s

J2000

06h 54m 38s
+13° 10’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

201.51°
6.67°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 38 Geminorum star
Simplified finder chart for 38 Geminorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.65
Hypergiant

2.42
F0V
7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

38 Geminorum is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 38 Geminorum double sysyem:

4.65
7.55
2.9
7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Geminorum is distant 91.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

27.94
91.09
24 km/s
0.078 arcsec/y
-0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

38 Geminorum
SAO96265
SAO96265
Wo 9220 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.9°
Max altitude: 51.7°
Azimuth: 283.1°