Star · Orange-red · Gemini

Tejat

13 Gem · HIP 30343

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · southeast · 58°

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Where is Tejat?

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Look southeast, about 58° up at 05:17 in Gemini. It rises at 22:16 and climbs through the night.

From London tonight, Tejat is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the southeast at 58°.

At magnitude 2.9 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Tejat looks orange-red to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is M3IIIab: cool red giant (much cooler than the Sun).

A orange-red point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange-red color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Tejat is a star in Gemini, shining at magnitude 2.9. Its spectral type, M3IIIab, marks it as: cool red giant (much cooler than the Sun).

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