Gemini

Quick Facts

Name:	Gemini JEM-in-eye
Meaning:	Twins
Abbreviation:	Gem
Genitive:	Geminorum
Visible in Latitudes:	90° thru -60°
Viewing Season:	Winter
Best Seen In:	February, 9:00 pm
Transit Date:	January 14
Right Ascension:	7.19 hours
Declination:	22.7 degrees
Area:	513.761 sq. degrees

Star Diagram

Star Diagram: Gemini

About Gemini

Castor, a horseman, and Pollux, a boxer, were inseparable twins and accompanied the Argonauts on their adventures. They calmed the seas when rough weather threatened. They can still be seen, allegedly, today, when twin balls of lightening, or St. Elmo's fire, appear in the rigging of ships, signaling that foul weather is near.

Named Stars

Name		Star

Castor		Alpha Gem
Pollux		Beta Gem
Alhena		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

Messier Objects

Name		Type

M35		Open Cluster

Neighboring Constellations

Auriga
Cancer
Canis Minor
Lynx

Monoceros
Orion
Taurus