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υ Geminorum (upsilon Geminorum)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:06 | Tran: 21:41 | Set: 6:20
Alt: -11.61°   Az: 3.45°   Direction: North

υ Geminorum is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Gemini.

υ Geminorum visual magnitude is 4.06. Because of its moderate brightness, υ 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 υ Geminorum (upsilon Geminorum) star
DSS2 image of υ Geminorum. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Geminorum during the next 1000 years (-0.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.77 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 37m 28s
+26° 50’ 18”
12h 15m 07s
19h 52m 35s

J2000

07h 35m 55s
+26° 53’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

192.6°
21.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Geminorum (upsilon Geminorum).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.06
Hypergiant

-0.28
M0III
3734K

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

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

Star System Properties

υ Geminorum is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the υ Geminorum double sysyem:

4.06
13.06
9
46.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Geminorum is distant 240.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

73.69
240.24
-21 km/s
-0.034 arcsec/y
-0.106"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Geminorum
(upsilon Geminorum)
69 Geminorum
SAO79533
SAO79533

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 63.2°
Max altitude: 65.4°
Azimuth: 296.8°