Star profile

HIP 36896

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 36896

In Gemini glows an orange giant 372 light-years away, a calm ember between the celestial twins. Its light began its journey as Vermeer was painting «Girl with a Pearl Earring» and Dutch workshops were inventing a new way of seeing light. A class-K sun, already mature in its evolution, it offers a warm and unhurried glow —quite unlike the blue-white fire of the younger stars nearby.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 36896 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 69° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 25° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 59° S.

It ranks no. 41 in brightness among the 74 stars of Gemini in our catalogue. To find it, start from Pollux, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 370 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 36896

Constellation: Gemini
Apparent magnitude: 5.34
Distance: 372.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 113.787° · Dec 30.961°
Catalogue: HIP 36896 · HD 60318

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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