Geminga

Gemini · Gem · PSR B0633+17

The star name is an Italian pun, suggested in a paper by Bignami et al. (1983): This source is in the constellation of Gemini and it is a gamma-ray source. Pronounced with both G’s as in “get,” the word means “does not …

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

PSR B0633+17

Right ascension (J2000)

98.4756°

Declination (J2000)

17.7703°

IAU adoption

2022/04/04

Name origin

The star name is an Italian pun, suggested in a paper by Bignami et al. (1983): This source is in the constellation of Gemini and it is a gamma-ray source. Pronounced with both G’s as in “get,” the word means “does not exist” or “it’s not there” in Milanese dialect.

Other stars in Gemini