Constellations
Gemini (Gem)
The Twins
Also known as twins.
6 looks for Gemini
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Gemini
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Twins
- IAU abbreviation
- Gem
- Its stars are named
- Geminorum (as in "Alpha Geminorum")
- Family
- The zodiac
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in February
- Centre
- Right ascension 7h 02m, declination +23° 08′
- The figure
- 12 stars joined by 11 lines
- Brightest star
- Pollux, magnitude 1.14
Star patterns in it: Winter Hexagon.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Pollux (β Gem)mag 1.14
- Castor (α Gem)mag 1.59
- Alhena (γ Gem)mag 1.93
- Tejat (μ Gem)mag 2.88
- Mebsuta (ε Gem)mag 2.98
- Propus (η Gem)mag 3.28
- Alzirr (ξ Gem)mag 3.36
- Wasat (δ Gem)mag 3.53
- λ Gemmag 3.58
- Mekbuda (ζ Gem)mag 3.79
- υ Gemmag 4.06
- τ Gemmag 4.41
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation