DM Geminorum [SEP] constellation
DM Geminorum
DM Geminorum or Nova Geminorum 1903 was a nova, discovered by Herbert Hall Turner in 1903 in the constellation Gemini and reached a brightness of 4.8 mag. Its brightness decreased in 17 days by 3 mag. Today it is only of 16.5 mag.
External links.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20020506072908/http://www.tsm.toyama.toyama.jp/curators/aroom/var/nova/1900.htm
the name for the whole constellation; the name means "Star-wreath" and refers to one of the wives of the Pleiades, called "Makalii".
The stars of Auriga feature in Inuit constellations. Quturjuuk, meaning "collar-bones", was a constellation that included Capella (Alpha Aurigae), Menkalinan (Beta Aurigae), Pollux (Beta Geminorum), and Castor (Alpha Geminorum). Its rising signalled that the constellation Aagjuuk, made up of Altair (Alpha Aquilae), Tarazed (Gamma