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Gemini is dominated by Castor and Pollux, two bright stars that appear relatively very closely together forming an o shape, encouraging the mythological link between the constellation and twinship. The twin above and to the right (as seen from the Northern Hemisphere) is Castor, whose brightest star is α Gem; it is a second-magnitude star and ...
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Kappa Geminorum (κ Geminorum, κ Gem) is a binary star system in the northern zodiac constellation of Gemini. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.568. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 23.07 mas, [1] the system is located about 141 light years distant from the Sun.
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 .
WY Geminorum is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Gemini, abbreviated WY Gem. It has an apparent visual magnitude that ranges from 7.26 down to 7.51, [ 4 ] which is too faint to be readily viewed with the naked eye.
Upsilon Geminorum, Latinized from υ Geminorum, is a star in the constellation Gemini. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.04, [ 2 ] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 12.88 mas , [ 1 ] it is around 253 light years from the Sun .
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Lambda Geminorum, Latinized from λ Geminorum, is a candidate multiple star system in the constellation Gemini. It is visible to the naked eye at night with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 3.57. [2] The distance to this system is 101 light years based on parallax, [6] and it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of –7.4 km/s. [5]