A meteor (L) from the Geminids meteor shower enters the Earth's atmosphere past the stars Castor and ... [+] Pollux (two bright stars, R) on December 12, 2009 above Southold, New York.

This figure shows the approximate location of Mars in the mid-January night sky in relation to the stars Castor and Pollux.

If you aren't familiar with the Gemini constellation, now is the perfect time to look for its two most distinctive stars: Castor and Pollux, known as the "twins" of Gemini. If you need help ...

• Saturn, of magnitude +1.1, 16° to the upper left of Venus. The brighter planet will pass 2.2° north of Saturn on Jan. 18; ...

a waning gibbous moon topped by bright red Mars and two stars on top of each other — Pollux and Castor in the constellation Gemini. The crescent of four lights of decreasing brightness will look ...

The constellation is distinguished by its two brightest stars, Castor and Pollux, which symbolize the heads of the Gemini twins. To spot Geminid meteors, you don't need to look directly at the ...

Once Orion has been located, look up and to the left. Here, there are two bright stars – Castor and Pollux. These two stars represent each of the twins of Gemini. The radiant - the point in the ...

Pollux will be closest to the moon, while the somewhat dimmer star Castor will lie just above it. Meanwhile, glowing below the moon like an orange luminary in the dark of the night is not a star ...