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5 Geminorum

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:12 | Tran: 20:28 | Set: 4:48
Alt: -11.22°   Az: 337.78°   Direction: North-North-West

5 Geminorum is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Gemini.

5 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, 5 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 5 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 5 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 13m 04s
+24° 24’ 45”
10h 23m 49s
16h 36m 54s

J2000

06h 11m 32s
+24° 25’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

186.8°
2.76°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Hypergiant

-1.02
K0III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Geminorum is distant 752.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

230.95
752.89
22 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

5 Geminorum
SAO78079
SAO78079

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.6°
Max altitude: 62.9°
Azimuth: 294.4°