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public  Păuşeşti-Măglaşi, Romania Păuşeşti-Măglaşi, Roma...  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Bucharest
Sunrise: 5:42 
Transit: 13:27 
Sunset: 21:12
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φ Geminorum (phi Geminorum)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:32 | Tran: 14:31 | Set: 22:29
Alt: 14.15°   Az: 66.20°   Direction: East-North-East

φ Geminorum is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Gemini.

φ Geminorum visual magnitude is 4.97. Because of its moderate brightness, φ 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 φ Geminorum (phi Geminorum) star
DSS2 image of φ Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of φ Geminorum during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 55m 03s
+26° 41’ 52”
17h 33m 01s
01h 28m 04s

J2000

07h 53m 29s
+26° 45’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

194.19°
24.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for φ Geminorum (phi Geminorum).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.97
Main-sequence

0.51
A3V
9125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

φ Geminorum is distant 254.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

78.00
254.29
8 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

φ Geminorum
(phi Geminorum)
83 Geminorum
SAO79774
SAO79774

Visibility from Your Location

Today's φ Geminorum (phi Geminorum) rise, transit and set times from Păuşeşti-Măglaşi, Romania are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Bucharest):

Azimuth: 63.3°
Max altitude: 71.6°
Azimuth: 296.7°