Pollux (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Pollux is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:10 (PST), 40° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:04, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:19, when it sinks below 12° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Pollux
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 07h45m19s [3] |
| Declination: | +28°01'34" [3] |
| Constellation: | Gemini |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.22 (V) [3] 2.46 (BT) [2] 1.32 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 10.4 parsec 33.8 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.97 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 628.2 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 265.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.14 |
Sources