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68 Geminorum

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What is 68 Geminorum

68 Geminorum is a white A-type star 424 light-years away, a distant light within the winter realm of the Twins. Its modest brightness slips between the two sibling figures that gave the constellation its name, in a stretch of sky crossed by the plane of the Milky Way. The light we see tonight set out before Galileo wrote his «Sidereus Nuncius».

Where it is and when to see it

68 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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 54° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 65° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 40° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 74° S.

It ranks no. 38 in brightness among the 74 stars of Gemini in our catalogue. To find it, start from Pollux, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 420 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 68 Geminorum

Constellation: Gemini
Apparent magnitude: 5.27
Distance: 423.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 113.402° · Dec 15.827°
Catalogue: HIP 36760 · HD 60107

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Other stars in Gemini

Gemini has 74 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 74 stars in Gemini