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🪷 #Geminid #meteors are back! The #Geminids #meteor shower peaks this week, the last big meteor shower of the year! They streak out from the heavenly twins. Details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/12/geminid-meteor-shower-this-week-may-be.html Statue: #Antinous (left) as #Castor with #Pollux #Ildefonso #Dioscuri #MuseodelPrado. 🪷

19.45: De #Maan staat 3,7gr Z van #Pollux, de helderste ster van het #sterrenbeeld #Tweelingen (+1,1m). De dichtste nadering vindt plaats om 16:36 op 10gr onder de horizon en i/d schemering. De samenstand is te zien rond 19:45 uur. Het tweetal staat dan boven de noordoostelijke horizon, op een hoogte van ongeveer 7gr, 4,3gr van elkaar vandaan. De #Maan is voor 89% verlicht. De pagina Vannacht a/d hemel toont wanneer de #Maan en deepsk... Meer info: https://hemel.waarnemen.com/astrokal/

Mountain panorama with Castor and Pollux in full splendor. On the same picture also two mountain huts are located (there is also a bivouac, but I was not able to find it). The Refugio Mezzalama CAI is situated at 3004 meters and the larger Rifugio Guide d'Ayas is at 3420 meters. The second picture is the same, but with the huts circled.

#MountainHuts #Mountains #Hiking #Mountaineering #Castor #Pollux #RifugioMezzalama #RifugioGuidedAyas #AlpineHuts

Mountain panorama with glaciers and blue skies. Somewhere in this picture, two mountain huts are located.

Same picture, but now with the mountain huts circled

We knew it should be beautiful, but this really surpasses our expectations. View from hotel room, stunning to wake up with.

The panorama shows the Walliser Breithorn (the highest point not visible, which is slightly to the left) and the "twins" Castor and Pollux.

Castor was our goal in 2005, but the night before the summit attempt there was a 50cm snow dump and our guides gently let us know we would not be up to the physical challenge of making a "Spur". As a substitute we climbed the Breithorn instead.

#Mountaineering #Hiking #Mountains #Switzerland #Italy #Castor #Pollux #Breithorn #MountainMonday

Panorama with multiple 4000+ meter mountains

A close up of a mountain ridge with one side of the picture showing trees in all colours and the other side steel blur skies

06.44: De #Maan staat 3,2gr Z van #Pollux, de helderste ster van het #sterrenbeeld #Tweelingen (+1,1m). De dichtste nadering gebeurt om 06:44, op 58gr hoogte boven de horizon, i/h zuidwesten en is dus goed te zien. De #Maan is voor 71% verl Meer info: https://hemel.waarnemen.com/astrokal/

🪷 25 Oct is the Roman feast of #CastorAndPollux. #Ildefonso group Museo del Prado, restored using genuine, albeit slightly restored, head of #Antinous for #Castor (left). #Pollux offers a Torch flame to the Altar of #Persephone. Small goddess holds pomegranate or #Dioscuri egg.🪷

00.30: De #Maan staat 3,1gr Z van #Pollux, de helderste ster van het #sterrenbeeld #Tweelingen (+1,1m). De dichtste nadering vindt om 00:30 plaats, op een hoogte van 9gr boven de oostnoordoostelijke horizon. De #Maan is voor 48% verlicht. Voor de zichtbaarheid van #Maan en deepsky-objecten, zie Vannacht a/d Meer info: https://hemel.waarnemen.com/astrokal/

06.45: De #Maan staat 3,3gr Z van #Pollux, de helderste ster van het #sterrenbeeld #Tweelingen (+1,1m). De dichtste nadering vindt plaats om 19:44 op 8gr onder de horizon en bij daglicht. Bekijk de samenstand rond 6:45 uur, of op 17 sep rond 2:30 uur. De twee objecten staan i/h eerste geval i/h oostzuidoosten, op een hoogte van ongeveer 51gr, op een afstand van 7,3gr van elkaar. In het andere geval is de samenstand te zien op circa 9g... Meer info: https://hemel.waarnemen.com/astrokal/

Three planets and winter constellations in the morning sky of late August.

See the second graphic for a finder chart from planetarium software. Mercury has just risen above the distant trees, Venus is higher, Jupiter is highest.

All your favorite bright winter constellations are in this wide angle shot.

#NewMexico #Moon #Crescent #Jupiter #Venus #Mercury #Gemini #Castor #Pollux #Ecliptic #Photography #Astrophotography #Taurus #Orion #Auriga

Mercury is low in the growing twilight, but the rest of the sky higher up is very dark blue. Tree silhouettes grace the horizon and left edge of the frame. A few clouds capture the coming dawn.

See the next graphic for a finder chart from planetarium software.

Finder chart from planetarium software. This is a fairly wide angle view.

The waning crescent moon next to the Beehive star cluster (M44 in Cancer) and the planet Mercury...low in morning twilight.

The cell phone shot is a wider angle and also captures the planets Jupiter and Venus as well as the constellation Gemini.

#NewMexico #Moon #Crescent #Jupiter #Venus #Mercury #Gemini #Castor #Pollux #Ecliptic #Photography #Astrophotography #Cancer #Beehive #Cluster

Telephoto view of the morning sky, between two trees.

The moon's sunlit side is overexposed and the earthshine side is fairly bright against the twilight sky.

Right of the moon is the Beehive star cluster.

Near the bottom of the frame is the planet Mercury as the brightest 'star'.

A wider view shows more planets and the stars of Gemini. The sky transitions from light blue near the horizon to black at the top of the frame.

Three morning planets and the waning crescent moon in twilight.

Brilliant Venus is right of the moon. Jupiter is along the upper edge. Mercury is peeking from behind a cloud in the lower left corner.

The moon's earthshine stands out strongly because it's not yet bright twilight.

To the upper left of the moon are the bright stars Castor and Pollux of the constellation Gemini.

Compare to yesterday morning's photo:
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/115055457828570447

#NewMexico #Moon #Crescent #Jupiter #Venus #Mercury #Gemini #Castor #Pollux #Ecliptic #Photography #Astrophotography

The morning twilight sky is a very deep blue that becomes a bit brighter, almost with hints of pink, at the bottom of the frame. The silhouette of a tree fills the lower right quadrant of the frame. A few clouds add some interest and texture to the sky.

06.00: De #Maan staat 2,9gr Z van #Pollux, de helderste ster van het #sterrenbeeld #Tweelingen (+1,1m). De dichtste nadering gebeurt om 13:20, op 57gr hoogte, maar bij daglicht. Bekijk de samenstand rond 6 uur. Het tweetal staat dan boven de oostelijke horizon, op een hoogte van ongeveer 27gr, op een onderlinge afstand van 4,7gr. De #Zon staat 5gr onder de horizon. De #Maan is voor 11% verlicht. Voor de zichtbaarheid van #Maan en deep... Meer info: https://hemel.waarnemen.com/astrokal/

Three planets and the waning crescent moon in the morning sky.

The three planets are in a straight line that's tilted from vertical a bit. (And this line roughly shows us the ecliptic.)

The highest planet is Jupiter, below and to the right of the moon.

Below Jupiter, and brightest of the three planets, is Venus.

At the bottom, nestled next to a cloud wisp, is Mercury.

Left of Jupiter and Venus, near the edge of the frame, are the stars Castor and Pollux of the constellation Gemini.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic

#NewMexico #Moon #Crescent #Jupiter #Venus #Mercury #Gemini #Castor #Pollux #Ecliptic #Photography #Astrophotography

Morning twilight sky that transitions from a very dark blue at the top, to bright twilight at the bottom. The sky only has a few wisps of clouds. Trees are dark silhouettes.

05.30: De #Maan staat 3,1gr Z van #Pollux, de helderste ster van het #sterrenbeeld #Tweelingen (+1,1m). De dichtste nadering gebeurt om 05:34, in onze streken op 6gr hoogte boven de noordoostelijke horizon en i/d schemering. De samenstand is met veel moeite te zien rond 5:30 uur. De twee objecten staan dan zo'n 6gr boven de noordoostelijke horizon, op een onderlinge afstand van 3,1gr. De #Zon staat 3gr onder de horizon. De #Maan is vo... Meer info: https://hemel.waarnemen.com/astrokal/

🪷 🐎 July 15th was the Roman Transvectio Equitum cavalry parade when young men of the Equestrian class rode horses 2 km from the Via Appia Temple of #Mars to the Roman Forum Temple of #Castor and #Pollux and Temple of #Jupiter. Art: #Antinous horse whisperer by Olga Tobreluts. 🐎 🪷

🪷 🐎 July 15th was the Roman Transvectio Equitum cavalry parade when young men of the Equestrian class rode horses 2 km from the Via Appia Temple of #Mars to the Roman Forum Temple of #Castor and #Pollux and Temple of #Jupiter. Art: #Antinous Albani Equestrian relief with horse. 🐎 🪷

🪷 On 15 July 484 BC, Rome dedicated the temple of the twins #Castor and #Pollux, symbols of same-sex devotion. This statue of #CastorAndPollux is the #Dioscuri #Ildefonso group at the Museo del Prado, restored using a genuine, albeit slightly restored #Antinous head. 🪷

🪷 Now love is in the air as #Venus wings her way into airy #Gemini. Time to diversify your love life and your money matters. Art: #Castor / #Pollux, called #Ildefonso group Museo del Prado, restored using genuine, albeit slightly restored #Antinous head: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/07/astro-forecast-july-3rd-2025.html 🪷

Four in a row in the evening twilight sky.

Mercury, the two-day old crescent moon, Pollux, and Castor lined up this evening from left to right, and showed themselves in a gap in the dissipating monsoon storm clouds.

(2nd, 3rd, and 4th photos) A four-ship of F-16's were returning home to Holloman Air Force Base just as the moon was dropping into the clear patch of sky. Bonus!

#NewMexico #NMwx #Mercury #Moon #Castor #Pollux #F16 #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Photography #Monsoon

From left to right: Mercury, two-day old crescent moon, and the stars Pollux and Castor of Gemini line up in the evening sky. Below are the lights of La Luz, New Mexico.

A four-ship of F-16's make short trails in these 1.6 second exposures. They are returning from night training, heading for Holloman Air Force Base.

22.30: De #Maan staat 3,3gr Z van #Pollux, de helderste ster van het #sterrenbeeld #Tweelingen (+1,1m). De dichtste nadering gebeurt om 21:01, op 21gr hoogte, maar bij daglicht. De samenstand is alleen met veel moeite zichtbaar rond 22:30 uur. De twee objecten staan dan zo'n 9gr boven de westnoordwestelijke horizon, op een afstand van 3,4gr van elkaar. De #Zon staat 4gr onder de horizon. De #Maan is voor 3% ver Meer info: https://hemel.waarnemen.com/astrokal/

#pollux

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