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85 Geminorum

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:04 | Tran: 4:53 | Set: 12:38
Alt: 19.16°   Az: 81.96°   Direction: East

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.

Image of 85 Geminorum star
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

07h 57m 06s
+19° 48’ 59”
18h 24m 39s
02h 21m 45s

J2000

07h 55m 39s
+19° 53’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

201.42°
22.74°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 85 Geminorum star
Simplified finder chart for 85 Geminorum.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35
Hypergiant

0.26
A0V
10653K

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

HR 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.

104.06
339.23
11 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

85 Geminorum
SAO79799
SAO79799

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°
Max altitude: 58.3°
Azimuth: 289.8°