Wasat

HR 2777 · HIP 35550 · δ Gem

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 3.53 mag
Parallax: 53.94 mas → about 60.5 light-years away
Spectral type: F0IV...
Right ascension: 110.0307°
Declination: 21.9823°
Designation: HR 2777
Bayer designation: δ Gem
HIP number: 35550
IAU name adopted: 2016-08-21
Name language: Arabic
Name origin (IAU): From the Arabic word wasat, "middle," used by a Arabic commentator who was speculating on the meaning of the pre-Islamic Arabian constellation name al-jauza'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the sky (perhaps meaning the celestial equator). The reference was intended to apply to the pre-Islamic Arabian figure located in today's Orion, however it was under the constellation which is today Gemini that the reference appeared (note the confusion between Orion and Gemini mentioned under α Ori). Therefore, after transliteration into Latin, it was in Gemini (to δ) that the word "Wasat" was arbitrarily applied as a star name in recent times.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 60 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1966 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3.5 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 22° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.

HR 2777 · HIP 35550 · δ Gem

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Apparent magnitude: 3.53 mag
Parallax: 53.94 mas → about 60.5 light-years away
Spectral type: F0IV...
Right ascension: 110.0307°
Declination: 21.9823°
Designation: HR 2777
Bayer designation: δ Gem
HIP number: 35550
IAU name adopted: 2016-08-21
Name language: Arabic
Name origin (IAU): From the Arabic word wasat, "middle," used by a Arabic commentator who was speculating on the meaning of the pre-Islamic Arabian constellation name al-jauza'. Reference was made to al-jauza's being in the "middle" (wasat) of the sky (perhaps meaning the celestial equator). The reference was intended to apply to the pre-Islamic Arabian figure located in today's Orion, however it was under the constellation which is today Gemini that the reference appeared (note the confusion between Orion and Gemini mentioned under α Ori). Therefore, after transliteration into Latin, it was in Gemini (to δ) that the word "Wasat" was arbitrarily applied as a star name in recent times.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 60 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1966 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3.5 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 22° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.