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TimezoneAmerica/Los_Angeles
Sunrise: 5:57 
Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 20:30
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53 Geminorum

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:37 | Tran: 13:10 | Set: 20:47
Alt: -7.23°   Az: 313.65°   Direction: North-West

53 Geminorum is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Gemini.

53 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, 53 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 53 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 53 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 17m 32s
+27° 51’ 02”
08h 22m 51s
15h 40m 24s

J2000

07h 15m 57s
+27° 53’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

189.91°
17.3°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Giant

-1.89
M1III
3608K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Geminorum is distant 1,079.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

331.13
1,079.47
24 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

53 Geminorum
SAO79221
SAO79221

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 53 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 62.1°
Max altitude: 80.4°
Azimuth: 297.9°