WY Gem

Constellation
Gemini

Equatorial coordinates
α = 06 11 56.251
δ = +23 12 25.375

Galactic coordinates
l = 187.9137°
b = 2.2580°

Suspected	1957^Ref
Re-classified	1969^Ref
Type	VV Cep star^Ref

Identifiers

WY Gem	IRAS 06089+2313	GSC2.4.2 N8CU000591	AAVSO 000-BBK-812
SIMBAD V* WY Gem	Pan-STARRS 135840929844429145	SAO 78094	VSX 14341
GAIA DR3 3425216631648846208	SkyMapper -	WRAY -	GCVS WY Gem
2MASS J06115625+2312253	HIP 29425	Hen -	BD +23 1243
WISE J061156.26+231225.4	TYC 1877-1504-1	ESO -	HD 42474

Symbiotic Catalogs

Bidelman (1954)	-	Allen (1984)	-	Belzcyński et al. (2001)	-
Gaposchkin (1957)	WY Gem (Conf.)	Kenyon (1986)	-	Akras et al. (2019)	-
Boyarchuk (1969)	-	Vaidis (1988, 1991)	-

Position

Right ascension (°)	92.9844^Ref	Parallax (mas)	0.517±0.034^Ref	Reddening E(B-V) (mag)	0.53±0.02^Ref ^{, Note}
Declination (°)	23.2070^Ref	Distance (kpc)	1.80^Ref ^{, Note}, 1.83^Ref ^{, Note}
Galactic longitude (°)	187.9137^Ref	Proper motion in α (mas/yr)	0.45±0.03^Ref
Galactic latitude (°)	2.2580^Ref	Proper motion in δ (mas/yr)	-2.38±0.03^Ref

Links

SIMBAD CDS Portal

Notes

This target is included in the list of stars with combination spectra and related binaries of Gaposchkin (1957). It has been identified as a VV Cephei star in Cowley (1969). The spectral classification M2 Iab is reported in Munari et al. (2021).

References

Cowley, A. P., 1969, PASP, 81, 481, 297, 1969PASP...81..297C
Gaposchkin, C. H. P., 1957, Amsterdam, 1, 1957gano.book.....G
Munari, U., Traven, G., Masetti, N. et al., 2021, MNRAS, 505, 4, 6121, 2021MNRAS.505.6121M