Back Tau Geminorum AST Tau Geminorum BS Tau dels Bessons Catalan Tau Geminorum Spanish تاو دوپیکر Persian Tau Geminorum French Tau Geminorum ID Tau Geminorum Italian ふたご座タウ星 Japanese Tau Geminorum Polish
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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| Constellation | Gemini |
| Right ascension | 07h 11m 08.3703s[1] |
| Declination | +30° 14′ 42.590″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.42[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K2 III[3] |
| U−B color index | +1.41[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.261[3] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +22.02±0.07[3] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −30.725(167) mas/yr[1] Dec.: −48.515(166) mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 8.3261 ± 0.1591 mas[1] |
| Distance | 392 ± 7 ly (120 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.56±0.05[3] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.3±0.3[3] M☉ |
| Radius | 30.27+1.08 −1.09[4] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 364±14[4] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.96±0.08[3] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,583±70[4] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.14±0.10[3] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 5.8[5] km/s |
| Age | 1.22±0.76[3] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Tau Geminorum, Latinized from τ Geminorum, is a star in the northern zodiac constellation of Gemini. It has the apparent visual magnitude of +4.42,[2] making it visible to the naked eye under suitably good seeing conditions. This star is close enough to the Earth that its distance can be measured using the parallax technique, which yields a value of roughly 392 light-years (120 parsecs).[1]
It is an evolved giant star of the spectral type K2 III. It has double[6] the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 30 times the Sun's radius. Tau Geminorum is radiating 364[4] times as much radiation as the Sun from its expanded outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4,583 K,[4] giving it the characteristic orange-hued glow of a K-type star. It appears to be rotating slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 5.8 km/s.[5]
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