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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	2926
HD	61035
Constellation	Gemini
Right Ascension	7h 38m 14s
Declination	+24° 21' 38"
Distance	153 light years 47 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +6.38 Absolute: +3.23
Spectral Class	F1V bright yellow dwarf
Optimum Visibility	January / February
Notes	A faint star in the constellation Gemini, southward of Pollux and relatively close to the Ecliptic. This is a dwarf star of the bright yellow 'F' classification, only a little more massive than the Sun.

The brighter star to the southeast of HR 2926 is sixth-magnitude HR 2931, a white star far more luminous than HR 2926 that lies nearly four times farther from the Sun. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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