- Stars with a name
- Alzirr
Alzirr
ξ Geminorum
Alzirr is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Gemini. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1967.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in January, February, March, and December.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.35.
What it’s like
It gives off 13 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 6,400 degrees Celsius.
It is 58.7 light years away: 555 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1967: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.