Pollux (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Pollux is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:47 (EDT) – 3 hours and 3 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 21° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:05.
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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