8-Gem (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , 8-Gem is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:42, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:06, 72° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:36, 43° above your western horizon.

Name 8-Gem
Object type Star
Other names
8-Gem
8 Geminorum
HR 2230[1]
HD 43261
HIP 29789[3]
TYC 1877-1717-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 3425633243476154496[4]
Position
Right ascension:06h16m19s [4]
Declination:+23°58'11" [4]
Constellation:Gemini
Magnitude:6.08 (V) [2]
7.21 (BT) [2]
6.18 (VT) [2]
5.86 (G) [4]
6.30 (BP) [4]
5.25 (RP) [4]
Distance:147.7 parsec
481.5 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):0.88
Proper motion (speed):14.2 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):238.4°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.24

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