85 Geminorum

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:34 | Tran: 16:19 | Set: 0:04

Alt: -14.32° Az: 331.95° Direction: North-North-West

85 Geminorum is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Gemini.

85 Geminorum visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 85 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.

DSS2 image of 85 Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of 85 Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 07h 57m 08s

Declination +19° 48’ 54”

Hour Angle 10h 04m 07s

Sidereal Time 18h 01m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 55m 39s

Declination +19° 53’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 201.42°

Galactic Latitude 22.74°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.35

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.26

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 85 Geminorum is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 85 Geminorum. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

85 Geminorum is distant 339.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.06

Distance (light year) 339.23

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 85 Geminorum

Henry Draper Catalogue HD64648

SAO Catalogue SAO79799

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP38722

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 1946

FK5 Catalogue 2614

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 85 Geminorum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.2° RISE 8:34

Max altitude: 58.3° TRANSIT 16:19

Azimuth: 289.8° SET 0:04

Set Location

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