Star profile
35 Geminorum
Highly luminous starWhat is 35 Geminorum
35 Geminorum is an orange K-type giant burning some 1,763 light-years away, far into the depth of the Twins. To reach our apparent brightness from such a distance, its surface must pour out a staggering luminosity —hundreds of times the Sun's—, surfacing as a warm point amid much nearer stars. Its light set out around the third century, while the Roman Empire still stood: almost two millennia of travel to reach us.
Where it is and when to see it
35 Geminorum lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January: 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 35 Geminorum
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.68
- Distance
- 1763.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 102.606° · Dec 13.413°
- Catalogue
- HIP 32814 · HD 49738
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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 375215.55
- HIP 312775.57
- 70 Geminorum5.58
- HIP 329685.68
- HIP 327405.72