“How to Find the Gemini Twins and their Sensational Siblings”

Scheduled air date: 2006 Feb 27-Mar 05

The Gemini twin stars, Castor and Pollux, can be seen high above the southern horizon in the evenings during March.
Pollux is almost 11 times the diameter of our Sun, and Castor is actually a six-star system!
(Shown around 8:00 PM this week for mid-northern latitudes.)

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