WY Gem
        
      
        
  
    | MISCLASSIFIED
    MILKY WAY 
 
| Constellation Gemini
 | Equatorial coordinates α = 06 11 56.251
 δ =  +23 12 25.375
 | Galactic coordinates l = 187.9137°
 b = 2.2580°
 |  
 
| Suspected | 1957Ref |  
| Re-classified | 1969Ref |  
| Type | VV Cep starRef |  |  | 
     
    
    
      
      
  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 (°) | 92.9844Ref | Parallax (mas) | 0.517±0.034Ref | Reddening E(B-V) (mag) | 0.53±0.02Ref, Note | 
| Declination (°) | 23.2070Ref | Distance (kpc) | 1.80Ref, Note, 1.83Ref, Note |  |  | 
| Galactic longitude (°) | 187.9137Ref | Proper motion in α (mas/yr) | 0.45±0.03Ref |  |  | 
| Galactic latitude (°) | 2.2580Ref | Proper motion in δ (mas/yr) | -2.38±0.03Ref |  |  | 
 
  
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
 
Last updated: May 2, 2022