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  2. Gemini (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Its name is Latin for twins, and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek ...

  3. Castor (star) - Wikipedia

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    Castor and Pollux are the two "heavenly twin" stars that give the constellation Gemini (meaning twins in Latin) its name. The name Castor refers specifically to Castor , one of the twin sons of Zeus and Leda in Greek and Roman mythology.

  4. List of stars in Gemini - Wikipedia

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    This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Gemini, sorted by decreasing ... • Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties ...

  5. Theta Geminorum - Wikipedia

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    Theta Geminorum (θ Gem, θ Geminorum) is a single [11] star in the northern zodiac constellation of Gemini. It is visual to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.59. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 17.25 mas, [1] it is about 189 light years distant from the Sun.

  6. Babylonian star catalogues - Wikipedia

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    The star names (prefixed with MUL 𒀯) are listed with the associated deity (prefix DINGIR 𒀭) and often some other brief epithet. dates of heliacal risings; pairs of constellations which rise and set simultaneously; time-intervals between dates of heliacal risings; pairs of constellations which are simultaneously at the zenith and at the ...

  7. “At this time of year, the constellation of Gemini lies low in the east at sunset, is overhead at 2 in the morning and sets in the western sky as the sun rises,” Lunsford said.

  8. Iota Geminorum - Wikipedia

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    Iota Geminorum (ι Geminorum, ι Gem) is a solitary [9] fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Gemini. In the sky, it forms an isosceles triangle with Castor and Pollux , and is located less than a degree from the 5th magnitude stars 64 and 65 Geminorum.

  9. Jupiter, ascending: See our solar system’s biggest planet at ...

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    As the name suggests, these shooting stars appear to stream from the Gemini constellation, but the meteors are actually bits of debris from an asteroid known as 3200 Phaeton.