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57 Geminorum

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:45 | Tran: 4:09 | Set: 12:30
Alt: -4.40°   Az: 38.98°   Direction: North-East

57 Geminorum is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Gemini.

57 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, 57 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 57 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 57 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 57 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-11.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 24m 59s
+25° 00’ 02”
14h 55m 10s
22h 20m 09s

J2000

07h 23m 28s
+25° 03’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

193.34°
17.78°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 57 Geminorum star
Simplified finder chart for 57 Geminorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Giant

1.66
G8III
4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 57 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 57 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

57 Geminorum is distant 153.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

47.24
153.99
6 km/s
-0.069 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

57 Geminorum
SAO79352
SAO79352

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.0°
Max altitude: 63.5°
Azimuth: 295.0°