Red supergiant star in the constellation Gemini
6 Geminorum is a variable star in the zodiac constellation of Gemini , located roughly 5,800 light years away from the Sun. It has the variable star designation BU Geminorum ; 6 Geminorum is the Flamsteed designation . At its brightest this reddish hued star is barely visible to the naked eye but is readily visible with binoculars, found southeast of M 35 , just to the south of WY Geminorum. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +27 km/s.[ 5] The star is a member of the Gemini OB1 association .[ 12]
This is an evolved red supergiant with a stellar classification of M1-2 Ia-Iab.[ 3] It is a semiregular variable star , ranging from visual magnitude +5.7 down to +7.5 over a period of 325 days. It has been given the sub-classification of Lc, which means "Irregular variable supergiants of late spectral types having amplitudes of about 1 mag. in V.O".[ 13] The star has expanded to 821[ 8] times the Sun's radius and is radiating 86,000[ 9] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,789 K.[ 10]
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