The AsterNym star registry
Pollux
warm orange · Gemini · β Gem
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About this star
Pollux is a warm orange star in the constellation Gemini, 34 ly from Earth. The light leaving it tonight began travelling 34 years ago — bright enough to find with your own eyes on a clear night.
- Designation
- β Gem · HIP 37826
- Spectral type
- K0 III · warm orange
- Right ascension
- 07h 45m 19s
- Declination
- +28° 01′ 34″
- Magnitude
- 1.14 naked-eye
- Distance
- 34 ly
Coordinates are J2000 epoch, checkable against any astronomical source or planetarium app.