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82 Geminorum

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:33 | Tran: 2:44 | Set: 10:51
Alt: 1.27°   Az: 53.01°   Direction: North-East

82 Geminorum is a multiple giant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Gemini.

82 Geminorum visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, 82 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 82 Geminorum star
DSS2 image of 82 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 82 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 50m 02s
+23° 04’ 38”
16h 00m 54s
23h 50m 57s

J2000

07h 48m 33s
+23° 08’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

197.48°
22.4°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Giant

-1.36
G2III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 82 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 82 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

82 Geminorum is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 82 Geminorum double sysyem:

6.18
6.28
0.1
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

82 Geminorum is distant 1,051.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

322.58
1,051.61
-5 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

82 Geminorum
SAO79704
SAO79704

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 82 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.9°
Max altitude: 61.6°
Azimuth: 293.1°