K-type star · orange

Pollux

33.8 lybrightness mag 1.16K0IIIvar

Also catalogued as 78Bet Gem · HR 2990 · HD 62509 · HIP 37826 · Gliese Gl 286

4,764 K
temperature
1.16
apparent magnitude
32.09× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0IIIvar
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
34 years
at light speed from Earth
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
32.09×
the Sun's light output
1.08
absolute magnitude
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PolluxK-type
Sky regionGeminithis direction
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Gemini
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 1.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Gemini

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.