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Jishui - ο Geminorum (omicron Geminorum)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:41 | Tran: 4:41 | Set: 14:37
Alt: -0.29°   Az: 23.60°   Direction: North-North-East

Jishui, also designated as ο Geminorum (omicron Geminorum), is a giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Gemini.

Jishui visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, Jishui 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 Jishui - ο Geminorum (omicron Geminorum) star
DSS2 image of Jishui. The red arrow shows the motion of Jishui during the next 1000 years (-0.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.95 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 40m 47s
+34° 31’ 32”
13h 56m 16s
21h 37m 03s

J2000

07h 39m 09s
+34° 35’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

184.97°
24.23°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Jishui - ο Geminorum (omicron Geminorum) star
Simplified finder chart for Jishui - ο Geminorum (omicron Geminorum).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.9
Giant

1.47
F3III
6880K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Jishui is distant 158.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

48.50
158.10
7 km/s
-0.037 arcsec/y
-0.117"/y

Alternative Designations

Jishui
ο Geminorum
(omicron Geminorum)
71 Geminorum
SAO60247
SAO60247

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 55.5°
Max altitude: 73.0°
Azimuth: 304.5°