How to see it
16 Gem has a visual magnitude of about 6.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 16 Gem: right ascension 6h 27m 57s, declination +20° 29′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).
Catalog context
16 Gem. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 30769, HD 45394, Gaia DR3 3372625581744881536. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 3372625581744881536
- HIP
- 30769
- HD
- 45394
- gaia_dr3
- 3372625581744881536
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 16 Gem
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.20