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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	19 Ursae Minoris
HR (BSC)	6079
HD	146927
Constellation	Ursa Minor
Right Ascension	16h 10m 50s
Declination	+75° 52' 39"
Distance	580 light years 178 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +5.5 Absolute: -0.9
Spectral Class	B8V blue main sequence star
Optimum Visibility	June (Usually visible from northern latitudes)
Notes	A blue star lying close in the sky to Eta Ursae Minoris or Anwar al Farkadain in the 'bowl' of Ursa Minor's Little Dipper. Though 19 Ursae Minoris appears the fainter of the two stars, in reality it is rather brighter in absolute terms than its neighbour, but it lies some six times farther from the Solar System.

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