Star profile
HIP 29196
Highly luminous starWhat is HIP 29196
In Gemini, the constellation of the celestial twins, it shines with the orange light of class K stars, but with uncommon power: it belongs to the luminous group, giants capable of greatly exceeding the Sun's brightness. Its glow crossed 2,064 years before arriving: when it set out, Augustus's legions were consolidating the first Roman Empire and the Hellenistic kingdoms were finishing dissolving in the East. It is an aged, swollen, powerful sun, a distant beacon of the firmament.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 29196 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for HIP 29196
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.93
- Distance
- 2064.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 92.385° · Dec 22.190°
- Catalogue
- HIP 29196 · HD 42049
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Other stars in Gemini
Gemini has 74 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- PolluxBeta Geminorum1.16
- CastorAlpha Geminorum1.58
- AlhenaGamma Geminorum1.93
- HIP 339375.86
- 33 Geminorum5.87
- HIP 334215.91
- HIP 340175.93
- HIP 374285.93