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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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47 Geminorum

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:03 | Tran: 16:38 | Set: 1:17
Alt: 61.44°   Az: 217.51°   Direction: South-West

47 Geminorum is a sub-giant star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Gemini.

47 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, 47 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 47 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 47 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 12m 57s
+26° 48’ 46”
01h 16m 08s
08h 29m 05s

J2000

07h 11m 23s
+26° 51’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

190.51°
15.96°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.78
Sub-giant

0.39
A4IV
9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

47 Geminorum is distant 389.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

119.62
389.95
39 km/s
-0.023 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

47 Geminorum
SAO79141
SAO79141

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 47 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.2°
Max altitude: 65.3°
Azimuth: 296.8°