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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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48 Geminorum

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:17 | Tran: 16:31 | Set: 0:45
Alt: 48.23°   Az: 244.99°   Direction: West-South-West

48 Geminorum is a giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Gemini.

48 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.85. Because of its faintness, 48 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 48 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 48 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 13m 58s
+24° 05’ 02”
02h 45m 35s
09h 59m 34s

J2000

07h 12m 26s
+24° 07’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

193.21°
15.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 48 Geminorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.85
Giant

0.70
F5III
7101K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Geminorum is distant 349.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

107.07
349.04
13 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

48 Geminorum
SAO79162
SAO79162

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.9°
Max altitude: 62.6°
Azimuth: 294.1°