Pollux is 34 light-years from Earth.
Pollux
Pollux is the brightest star in Gemini
The beta star of Gemini is Pollux. The two bright stars of Gemini are Castor and Pollux. Although Pollux is the brightest star in Gemini, Castor was named alpha-Gemini (despite being second brightest), therefore, Pollux is beta-Gemini. Pollux is the one more southerly and easterly.
Sirius is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major. The brightest star in the constellation Gemini is Pollux with a magnitude of 1.2.
Pollux, the head of the more easterly of the two twins (who is also named Pollux). Interestingly (and somewhat confusingly for people who think the designations run in order of brightness), Pollux is actually Beta Geminorum, not Alpha Geminorum (aka Castor).
The surface temperature of the Pollux star is 4,500 K
Pollux is a star in the constellation of Gemini, approximately 34 light-years away from Earth. It is not a galaxy, but rather a binary star system consisting of a bright giant star and a fainter companion star.
The closest star in the constellation Gemini is GJ 251 at about 18.2 light years from us.If you mean between Castor and Pollux, then Pollux at 33.7 light years.
I agree with your correspondent 'Wiki User'', However, from Classical Greece, Pollux was one of a pair of twins. The other twin was 'Castor'. You will find both stars , Castor & Pollux, in the constellation of Gemini, the heavenly twins.
Pollux, a giant star in the constellation Gemini, is estimated to be around 724 million years old.
the type of star that is in the gemini constellation is pollux (he was immortal), and custor (mortal), wasat, and last but not least alhena. and to be helpfu te magnitude is +1.2
No, Aldebaran and Pollux are different stars. Aldebaran is a red giant star located in the Taurus constellation, while Pollux is a giant star in the Gemini constellation. They can be seen in the night sky as bright objects, but they are distinct celestial bodies with different characteristics.