Gemini

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Abbreviation:  Gem
English Name:  The Twin
Genitive: Castor
Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere
Location: Between the constellations of Cancer and Auriga.
Visible between latitudes:  +90 and -60 degrees
Best season: Winter
Seen in three seasons: Autumn, Winter and Spring
Best seen in:  February (map)
Seen between: November and April
Right Ascension (RA): 20 hour
Declination (DEC): +20 degrees
Area (square degrees):  514 square degrees (30th)

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Gemini (The Twin)

  • The constellation of the Zodiac; the Sun passes through it from 21st June and 20th July.
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  • Its brightest stars are Castor and Pollux are twin brothers, together known as the Discuri; an extrasolar planet orbiting massive Pollux star there.

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Messier Objects in Gemini

M35 – Open Cluster; easily visible with binoculars, the compact Open Cluster NGC 2158 (Cr 81) lies directly southwest of M35. (photo)
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More objects in Gemini

Select CatalogNo of Objects
Barnard (B)0x object
Caldwell (C)1x object
Collinder (Cr)11x objects
New General Catalogue (NGC)67x objects
Index Catalogue (IC)48x objects
Sharpless (Sh2)5x objects

Features of Interest

  • NGC 2392 – The Eskimo Nebula or Clown Face Nebula; planetary nebula with a magnitude +9.2 – in a large telescope, its magnitude +10.0 central star is visible, along with its blue-green elliptical disk.

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Named Stars

  • Castor (Alpha Gem)
  • Pollux (Beta Gem)
  • Alehena (Gamma Gem)
  • Wasat (Delta Gem)
  • Mebsuta (Epsilon Gem)
  • Mekbuda (Zeta Gem)
  • Propus (Eta Gem)
  • Propus (Iota Gem)
  • Tejat Posterior (Mu Gem)
  • Alzirr (Xi Gem)
  • Propus (1 Gem)
  • more list of stars in Gemini.

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Planetarium / Constellation Map

Live constellation visible
from the UK :- Planetarium (Gemini)		Best Seen in:
February (map)		Seen between:
November and April

IAU Sky Chart: Gemini

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Constellations – Visible from the UK

AndromedaAquariusAquilaAriesAuriga
BoötesCamelopardalisCancerCanes VenaticiCanis Major
Canis MinorCapricornusCassiopeiaCepheusCetus
Coma BerenicesCorona BorealisCorvusCraterCygnus
DelphinusDracoEquuleusGeminiHercules
HydraLacertaLeoLeo MinorLepus
LibraLynxLyraMonocerosOphiuchus
OrionPegasusPerseusPiscesSagitta
ScutumSerpens CaputSerpens CaudaSextansTaurus
TriangulumUrsa MajorUrsa MinorVirgoVulpecula
(50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Parts visible from the UK

AntliaColumbaEridanusFornaxMicroscopium
Piscis AustrinusPuppisPyxisSagittariusScorpius
Sculptor
(11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK

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