Pollux, the brightest star of Gemini, perches quite near the Moon this evening. Its “twin,” the star Castor, is a good bit farther from the Moon. Pollux has expanded to about nine times the diameter of the Sun — a beach ball to the Sun’s golf ball.
Pollux, the brightest star of Gemini, perches quite near the Moon this evening. Its “twin,” the star Castor, is a good bit farther from the Moon. Pollux has expanded to about nine times the diameter of the Sun — a beach ball to the Sun’s golf ball.