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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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ι Geminorum (iota Geminorum)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:15 | Tran: 15:57 | Set: 0:40
Alt: 22.90°   Az: 73.69°   Direction: East-North-East

ι Geminorum is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Gemini.

ι Geminorum visual magnitude is 3.79. Because of its moderate brightness, ι Geminorum is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ι Geminorum (iota Geminorum) star
DSS2 image of ι Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Geminorum during the next 1000 years (-2.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.43 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 27m 18s
+27° 44’ 45”
18h 10m 19s
01h 37m 38s

J2000

07h 25m 43s
+27° 47’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

190.85°
19.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Geminorum (iota Geminorum).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.79
Giant

0.86
G9III
4672K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Geminorum is distant 125.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

38.61
125.87
8 km/s
-0.123 arcsec/y
-0.086"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Geminorum
(iota Geminorum)
60 Geminorum
SAO79374
SAO79374

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 62.3°
Max altitude: 66.3°
Azimuth: 297.7°