Theta Geminorum [SEP] constellation
Theta Geminorum
Theta Geminorum (θ Gem, θ Geminorum) is a single star in the northern zodiac constellation of Gemini. It is visual to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.59. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 17.25 mas, it is about 189 light years distant from the Sun.
This is an evolving A-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of A2 IV. It has 1.80 times the mass of the Sun and radiates 93 times the solar luminosity. The measured
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