Pollux
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brightest star in the constellation Gemini; Bayer designation Beta Geminorum; 1992 position R.A. 7h44.8m, Dec. +28°03&minut;.
Pollux
Andrea Dupree, Ronald Gilliland, NASA and ESA
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POLLUX (Beta Geminorum). Star with planet. In northern spring evenings, the "twin" stars Castor and Pollux of the constellation Gemini descend the northwestern sky looking like a pair of eyes staring down at the Earth.
Pollux is the 16th brightest star in the sky. Take a look at the list of the Brightest Stars ...
*In Greek mythology, Pollux or Polydeuces was one of the twin sons of Zeus, see Castor and Pollux
*Pollux is a bright star in the constellation Gemini.
The name of the star Pollux is Latin. This represents the immortal twin. In Greek, he was known as Polydeuces. An alternative name for the star is Hercules, the Latinized version of Heracles, who was the great hero who accomplished the Twelve Labors.
Pollux is the brighter of the two stars with a visual magnitude of 1.16 and a distance of 33.7 light years. It is also considerably larger, with an estimated diameter of about ten Suns. Castor and Pollux are 4.
Pollux (Beta Geminorum)
Iota Geminorum
Grus (Gruis) Hercules (Herculis)
Cerberus (Probably one of the stars in former constellation Cerberus now contained in Hercules)
Horologium (Horologii) Hydra (Hydrae) ...
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See Pollux.
U Geminorum Star
A type of dwarf nova (q.v.). All U Geminorum stars are binaries containing a white dwarf and a red dwarf with total masses of roughly 1-2 M and with periods of less than 12 hours (period of U Gem, 1.5 × 104 seconds).
The "Pollux twin" looks like he is trying to balance on ORION's shoulder. He has a straight left leg formed by a line from Pollux to his left foot, Alhena. If you continue that line you'll come to Betelgeuse (and Rigel).
Castor and Pollux, the "twins" of Gemini, were Greek heroes. They were among the men Jason led on his voyages on the Argo.
This is one of the 13 constellations of the Zodiac.
Castor and Pollux
In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Castor and Pollux were the twin sons of Leda and Zeus/Tyndareus , the brothers of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra and the half-brothers of Timandra , Phoebe, Heracles, Philonoe....
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The two brightest stars alpha Gem, Castor, and beta Gem, Pollux, are worth for observations: Castor has a bightness of 1.6 mag.
In 150 AD, the astronomer Ptolemy described Sirius as reddish, along with five other stars, Betelgeuse, Antares, Aldebaran, Arcturus and Pollux, all of which are clearly of orange or red hue.
Castor and Pollux), in astronomy, the third sign in the zodiac, denoted by the symbol II.
Gemini represents the twins Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux is the Latin form of his name); they were known to the Greeks as the Dioscuri, literally meaning ‘sons of Zeus'.
Gemini (the Twins) is easily visualised as two figures holding hands, their heads represented by the stars Castor and Pollux.
Although it has the Bayer designation "alpha", it is actually fainter than Beta Geminorum (Pollux). Astronomically, Castor was discovered to be a visual binary in 1719, with the magnitude of its components being 2.8 and 2.0.
[3938] beta Geminorum, Pollux, is brighter than Castor. It is an orange giant 34 light-years distant. In 2006, an extrasolar planet was discovered orbiting the star. It was named Pollux b or Polydeuces.
Los Griegos antiguos vieron los gemelos Castor y Pollux, hijos de Leda y Zeus. Los Romanos vieron a los hermanos, Rómulo y Remus, dos héroes que fundaron Roma.
Argo Navis immortalizes the ship on which Argonauts (including Castor and Pollux, Hercules, Asclepius, Cepheus and Orpheus) sailed to find Golden Fleece.
The twins of Gemini, Castor and Pollux, were sons of Zeus and the mortal woman Leda. They were brothers of Helen of Troy.
The brightest star in Gemini, Pollux β Gem, will be 6° below and a little to the left of Mars on the morning of the 9th of September. Procyon, at magnitude 0.5 the brightest star in Canis Minor, will be 17° away on the other side of Mars.
Named stars: Alpha Gem (Castor), Beta Gem (Pollux), Gamma Gem (Alhena), Delta Gem (Wasat), Zeta Gem (Mekbuda), Eta Gem (Tejat)
Info: Gemini is one of the 13 zodiacal constellations (that is, the Sun passes through it in the course of the year).
Incidentally, the constellation Gemini's brightest stars, Pollux and Castor, shine to the Moon's immediate right tonight, nearly in line with the Moon; and the intensely bright point of light to the Moon's upper left is the planet Jupiter.
Drawing a line from Rigel through Betelgeuse points to Castor and Pollux the Twins of the Gemini constellation
Hunting With Orion
Right Ascension: 5 hours
Declination: 5 degrees ...
The slightly reddish feature in the lower left is a crater named Pollux. The large crater just below center is Hilairea, which has a diameter of about 33 kilometers (21 miles).
The brightest stars in Gemini are Castor (a sextuple star - three double stars) and Pollux (a 1st magnitude yellow star). The star cluster M30 is in Gemini. The open cluster M35 also is located in Gemini.
Polaris Australis Sigma Octantis
Pollux Beta Geminorum
Porrima Gamma Virginis
Praecipua 46 Leonis Minoris
Procyon Alpha Canis Minoris
Propus Eta Geminorum
Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri C
Pulcherrima Epsilon Boötis ...
Nearly directly overhead are two bright stars, near one another. The brighter of these will appear redish. These are the stars Pollux (brighter) and Castor (the dimmer of the two). These are both the heads of the two twins of Gemini.
To the left are bright Pollux and Castor and above them Procyon in Canis Minor. From a dark sky the fuzzy patch of M 44 will be apparent, and is really the main distinguishing feature of this otherwise inconspicuous constellation.
IIIa, Example: Ï Persei (spectrum is M4 IIIa)
IIIab Example: δ Reticuli (spectrum is M2 IIIab)
IIIb, Example: Pollux (spectrum is K2 IIIb)
IV subgiants ...
Its two-man crew gave it its name, Gemini, for the third constellation of the Zodiac and its twin stars, Castor and Pollux. Gemini involved 12 flights, including two unmanned flight tests of the equipment.
Around 150 AD, the Hellenistic astronomer Claudius Ptolemy described Sirius as reddish, along with five other stars, Betelgeuse, Antares, Aldebaran, Arcturus and Pollux, all of which are clearly of orange or red hue.
Our television signals, however, are much less effective despite popular impressions that the inhabitants of Pollux are currently tuning into episodes of Mork and Mindy - the SETI Institute's Dr Seth Shostak has shown that television signals begin ...
Leda ("LEE duh") is the ninth of Jupiter's known satellites and the smallest: orbit: 11,094,000 km from Jupiter diameter: 16 km mass: 5.68e15 kg Leda was queen of Sparta and the mother, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen of Troy.
This world is also the smallest of Jupiter's moons. It was discovered by Kowal in 1974. The name "Leda" comes from a queen of Sparta and the mother, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen of Troy. ...
The bright orange "star" on the right near the bottom is Mars. Castor and Pollux are the two stars left of center bottom, beginning to rise up in the northeast. Stars of Auriga, including bright Capella, in the top right of image.
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