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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 ...
74 Geminorum (f Geminorum) is a K-type giant star in the constellation Gemini. It is located about 640 light-years from Earth based on its Gaia DR3 parallax. The star is often subject to lunar occultations, allowing an accurate measurement of its angular diameter. [1] It has an apparent magnitude of 5.05, making it faintly visible to the naked ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Constellation map ... Gemini (constellation) * List of stars in Gemini; 0–9. 1 Geminorum; 3 Geminorum;
Rho Geminorum (ρ Gem) is a star system that lies 59 light-years away in the constellation of Gemini, about 5 degrees west of Castor.The system consists of a primary bright enough to be seen with the naked eye, a faint secondary which has rarely been observed even professionally, and a distant, somewhat bright tertiary which requires telescopic equipment for observation.
Gamma Geminorum (γ Geminorum, abbreviated Gamma Gem, γ Gem), formally named Alhena / æ l ˈ h iː n ə /, [13] is the third-brightest object in the constellation of Gemini.It has an apparent visual magnitude of 1.9, [2] making it easily visible to the naked eye even in urban regions.
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 .
1 Geminorum (1 Gem) is a star in the constellation Gemini.Its apparent magnitude is 4.15.. In the 19th century, John Flamsteed numbered the brighter stars, by constellation, from west to east, and 1 Geminorum was the first star listed in Gemini.