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Proper NameNone
Bayer DesignationNone
Flamsteed Number4 Ursae Minoris
HR (BSC)5321
HD124547
ConstellationUrsa Minor
Right Ascension14h 8m 51s
Declination+77° 32' 51"
Distance755 light years
232 parsecs
MagnitudeApparent: +4.80
Absolute: -2.02
Spectral ClassK3-IIIbFe-0.5 orange giant
Optimum VisibilityMay (Usually visible from northern latitudes)

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An orange giant star nearly eight hundred light years from Earth. It is not far from the Northern Celestial Pole in the sky, and forms a very approximate line with the two brighter stars known as the Guardians of the Pole, Pherkad and Kochab.

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