40-Gem (Star)

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

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From South El Monte , 40-Gem is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:30 (PDT) – 3 hours and 45 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 30° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:12.

Name 40-Gem
Object type Star
Other names
40-Gem
40 Geminorum
HR 2605[1]
HD 51688
HIP 33650[3]
TYC 1899-450-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:06h59m27s [2]
Declination:+25°54'51" [2]
Constellation:Gemini
Magnitude:6.39 (V) [2]
6.25 (BT) [2]
6.38 (VT) [2]
Distance:366.3 parsec
1194.1 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):-0.11
Proper motion (speed):8.8 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):223.0°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.43

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