Pi Geminorum

Pi Geminorum (pi Gem), is a star located in the constellation Gemini. Pi Geminorum is also known as HR 3013, and HD 62898. The star is located at Right Ascension 07h 47m 30sec and Declination +33 deg 24 arcmin 56 arcsec. It can be found north of Castor.

Pi Geminorum is an M0III giant star with an effective temperature of 3700 Kelvin. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +5.14, and an absolute visual magnitude of -1.04 It is located 561 light years from the sun and has a mass of 1.2 solar masses. Pi Geminorum has two companions, one at magnitude 11 and another at magnitude 10.

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