Pollux (Star)

From Ashburn , Pollux is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:01 (EDT), 73° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:58, 78° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:25, when it sinks below 12° above your north-western horizon.
Name
Pollux
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Object type
Star
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Constellation: | Gemini |
Magnitude: Variable | 1.22 (V) [3] 2.46 (BT) [2] 1.32 (VT) [2] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.97 |
Right ascension: | 07h45m19s [3] |
Declination: | +28°01'34" [3] |
Distance: | 10.4 parsec 33.8 lightyrs [5] |
Proper motion (speed): | 628.2 mas/yr [5] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 265.8° |
Absolute mag (V): | 1.14 |
All times shown in Ashburn local time.