DN Geminorum [SEP] constellation
DN Geminorum
DN Geminorum or Nova Geminorum 1912 was a nova which lit up in 1912 in the constellation Gemini. It reached a brightness of 3.5 mag. Its brightness decreased in 36 days by 3 mag. Today its brightness is 14 mag.
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