τ-Gem (Star)

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R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , τ-Gem is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:04 (EDT) – 3 hours and 45 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:35.

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Name τ-Gem
Object type Star
Other names
τ-Gem
Tau Geminorum
46-Gem
46 Geminorum
HR 2697[1]
HD 54719
NSV 3437
HIP 34693[3]
TYC 2438-1059-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 886479673643853952[4]
Position
Right ascension:07h11m08s [4]
Declination:+30°14'41" [4]
Constellation:Gemini
Magnitude:
Variable
4.40 (V) [2]
6.05 (BT) [2]
4.53 (VT) [2]
4.02 (G) [4]
4.66 (BP) [4]
3.27 (RP) [4]
Distance:120.1 parsec
391.5 lightyrs [4]
B-V Color (mag):1.29
Proper motion (speed):57.4 mas/yr[4]
Proper motion (pos ang):212.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.00
Visibility from Cambridge

All times shown in Cambridge local time.

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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