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The 17th brightest star is Pollux in the constellation Gemini the Twins. Look at Orion the Hunter again and measure two fist-widths up from Betelgeuse.
At magnitude 1.58, Castor is the second-brightest star in Gemini. It is also known as Alpha Geminorum, even though the "alpha" designation is normally given to the brightest star in a constellation.
Or, Epsilon Sagittarii, the brightest star in this constellation with a 1.79 magnitude, so 375 times brighter than our sun, ... The second brightest star in Gemini also named Alpha Geminorum.
The constellation Gemini the Twins is well placed in the winter evening sky, to the left of Orion. ... The bright red-orange star Betelgeuse is in the upper left corner of Orion.
That’s Castor and Pollux, the two bright stars of Gemini the Twins. The bright star two fist-widths to the left of Venus is Procyon, the (only) bright star in the constellation Canis Minor the ...
Gemini is one of the brightest of the 66 constellations that we see through the course of the year around here, and it’s easy to find in my favorite part of the sky, “Orion and his gang.” ...
Leo is directly beneath the Big Dipper, beyond the smaller Leo Minor constellation, and is host to Regulus (labeled "1" below), its primary star. Gemini's head stars, Castor and Pollux (labeled "2 ...
On a winter evening, the sky is home to what most astronomers agree is the grandest of all constellations — Orion the Hunter.A rectangle of bright stars, which includes, at opposite corners, 1st ...
Or, Epsilon Sagittarii, the brightest star in this constellation with a 1.79 magnitude, so 375 times brighter than our sun, ... The second brightest star in Gemini also named Alpha Geminorum.