Pollux (Star)
![Pollux Image of Pollux](https://in-the-sky.org/image.php?style=medium&userimg=19910715_115947_7f6ff3b27eaf.png)
From Fairfield , Pollux is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:05 (EDT) – 2 hours and 55 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 20° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:16.
Name
Pollux
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Object type
Star
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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° |
Absolute mag (V): | 1.14 |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.