Constellation
The constellation Gemini
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Gemini gathers 74 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Pollux, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around January.
Gemini in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 74
- Brightest star
- Pollux
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- January
- With a proper name
- 11
- Nearest star
- Pollux
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 1.16
Declination from 11° to 35°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
34 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Gemini
The 74 stars of Gemini catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- PolluxBeta Geminorum1.16
- CastorAlpha Geminorum1.58
- AlhenaGamma Geminorum1.93
- Castor BAlpha Geminorum2.85
- TejatMu Geminorum2.87
- MebsutaEpsilon Geminorum3.06
- PropusEta Geminorum3.31
- AlzirrXi Geminorum3.35
- WasatDelta Geminorum3.50
- Kappa Geminorum3.57
- Lambda Geminorum3.58
- Theta Geminorum3.60
- Iota Geminorum3.78
- MekbudaZeta Geminorum4.01
- Upsilon Geminorum4.06
- Nu Geminorum4.13
- 1 Geminorum4.16
- Rho Geminorum4.16
- Sigma Geminorum4.23
- Tau Geminorum4.41
- 30 Geminorum4.49
- 38 Geminorum4.73
- JishuiOmicron Geminorum4.89
- 81 Geminorum4.89
- Chi Geminorum4.94
- Phi Geminorum4.97
- 65 Geminorum5.01
- 57 Geminorum5.04
- 74 Geminorum5.04
- 51 Geminorum5.07
- 64 Geminorum5.07
- 56 Geminorum5.09
- HIP 340335.14
- Pi Geminorum5.14
- 26 Geminorum5.20
- Omega Geminorum5.20
- 63 Geminorum5.20
- 68 Geminorum5.27
- 36 Geminorum5.28
- 76 Geminorum5.30
- HIP 368965.34
- 85 Geminorum5.38
- 28 Geminorum5.42
- HIP 366165.45
- 45 Geminorum5.47
- HIP 342675.55
- HIP 375215.55
- HIP 312775.57
- 70 Geminorum5.58
- 35 Geminorum5.68
- HIP 329685.68
- HIP 327405.72
- 41 Geminorum5.73
- 37 Geminorum5.74
- 3 Geminorum5.75
- 47 Geminorum5.75
- 53 Geminorum5.75
- 59 Geminorum5.77
- HIP 339145.78
- HIP 375085.79
- 5 Geminorum5.83
- 52 Geminorum5.84
- 48 Geminorum5.85
- HIP 339375.86
- 33 Geminorum5.87
- HIP 334215.91
- HIP 291965.93
- HIP 340175.93
- HIP 374285.93
- HIP 343585.94
- 61 Geminorum5.94
- HIP 339295.96
- HIP 318765.99
- 44 Geminorum6.00
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.