Pollux is the brightest star in the constellation Gemini and one of the brightest stars in Earth's sky. It is more massive than the sun and 43 times brighter than our star.

From Thestias Pollux would appear almost 3° across or nearly six times bigger than the sun does to us. ADVERTISEMENT Pollux, while large compared to the sun, is dwarfed by the bright spring star ...

Pollux, named for the son of Zeus, is a red giant star with a brightness similar to Mars. It can be found shining to the upper left of Gemini's twin stars after sunset on May 29.

Earth comes closest to the Sun, the Quadrantids peak, ... while below it is magnitude 1.2 Pollux. Compare their colors carefully — can you see that Castor appears more blue-white than Pollux, ...

However, while Pollux and Castor are bright, they will not shine as intensely as Mercury. The star Castor, for example, has a magnitude of +1.6, while Pollux shines at +1.1, which is only a ...

Pollux, named for the son of Zeus, is a red giant star with a brightness similar to Mars. It can be found shining to the upper left of Gemini's twin stars after sunset on May 29.