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# Gemini

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Gemini, the twins, one of the constellations of the zodiac. It is part of the winter sky, lying between Taurus to the west and the dim Cancer to the east, with Auriga? and the near-invisible Lynx? to the north and Monoceros? and [Canis Minor]? to the south.

Gemini includes two bright stars, named after the two twins, who correspond to the Dioscuri? in Greek mythology - Castor? (α), a pretty telescopic binary?, and Pollux? (β), which is brighter and more southwesterly. The other stars are relatively dim - only one, Alhena (γ) is ever seen from a large city - and trace out a rectangle to the southeast.

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