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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 ...
PKS 0735+178 is a classical BL Lac object in the northern constellation of Gemini. This is one of the brightest objects of its type in the night sky. [5] It has a redshift of z = 0.424, with a luminosity distance of 7,380 million light-years (2,263 Mpc). PKS 0735+178 is a nearly point-like source with an angular size of a milliarcsecond. [3]
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Gemini, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes ...
The birth chart you have memorized is likely rooted in tropical astrology. But there's another system, too, called sidereal astrology. An astrologer explains.
Gemini is symbolized by Castor and Pollux, the twins seen in the Gemini constellation. According to mythology, Castor and Pollux spend half the year in the underworld and the other half in the ...
The meteors will appear to come from the direction of the Gemini constellation, which rises in the east, according to The Planetary Society. “At this time of year, the constellation of Gemini ...
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.
Though it lends its name to the shower’s radiant, the Gemini constellation is not where the meteors themselves originate, but rather where it appears they come from, therefore serving as a good ...