Wasat is the name of the star Delta Geminorum in the constellation of twins. Wasat has an apparent brightness of +2,4 m and belongs to the spectral class F0. Wasat can as eclipticnear star of the moon and (very rarely!) by planets to be covered. The last coverage of Wasat by a planet took place on June 30th, 1857 via Saturn, which will take place next on August 12th, 2420 via the Venus. [ 1 ] (http://www.marco peuschel.de/planetensterne.html).
Alpha Geminorum (Castor) is, at magnitude 1.59 the 23rd brightest star in the sky, and is properly referred to as being of the second magnitude as astronomers consider a first magnitude to be from 0.5 to +1.5 - Castor barely falls short.
DeltaGeminorum (Wasat) is, with Zeta, a fourth magnitude marker of the body of Pollux, the more southerly of the heavenly twins.
Delta is a fairly near neighbor to the sun, and also to Pollux and Castor, residing about 53 light years from Earth.
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