41 Geminorum

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:45 | Tran: 16:07 | Set: 23:29

Alt: 51.19° Az: 211.35° Direction: South-South-West

41 Geminorum is a supergiant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Gemini.

41 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, 41 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 41 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 41 Geminorum during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 01m 43s

Declination +16° 02’ 30”

Hour Angle 01h 19m 19s

Sidereal Time 08h 21m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 00m 15s

Declination +16° 04’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 199.48°

Galactic Latitude 9.16°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.68

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -5.58

Spectral Type K3I

Color Index (B-V) 1.66

Temperature 3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 41 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 41 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

41 Geminorum is distant 5,821.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 1,785.71

Distance (light year) 5,821.43

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 41 Geminorum

Henry Draper Catalogue HD52005

SAO Catalogue SAO96363

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33715

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 1354

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 41 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.0° RISE 8:45

Max altitude: 54.6° TRANSIT 16:07

Azimuth: 286.0° SET 23:29

Set Location

Other stars in Gemini