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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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NGC 2291 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Gemini. It was discovered by John Herschel on January 22, 1827. [ 2 ] The visual magnitude is 13, and the apparent size is 1.0 by 0.8 arc minutes .
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.
“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.
NGC 2266 is an open cluster [5] of stars in the constellation of Gemini. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 7 December 1785. [6] This is a relatively dim cluster with an integrated visual magnitude of 9.5 and an angular size of 5.0′. The stellar members can be readily resolved with an amateur telescope. [3]
Hundreds of shooting stars are once again lighting up the night sky across parts of England, in one of the last major meteor showers of the year.. The Geminid meteor shower was visible in the ...