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

Right Ascension 07h 27m 18s

Declination +27° 44’ 45”

Hour Angle 18h 10m 19s

Sidereal Time 01h 37m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 07h 25m 43s

Declination +27° 47’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 190.85°

Galactic Latitude 19.27°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Geminorum (iota Geminorum).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.79

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature 4672K

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

Distance (parsec) 38.61

Distance (light year) 125.87

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.123 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.086"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Geminorum
(iota Geminorum)

Flamsteed designation 60 Geminorum

Henry Draper Catalogue HD58207

SAO Catalogue SAO79374

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP36046

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 1385

FK5 Catalogue 282

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° RISE 7:15

Max altitude: 66.3° TRANSIT 15:57

Azimuth: 297.7° SET 0:40

Set Location

Other stars in Gemini