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Proper Name	Batentaban Australis
Bayer Designation	Phi Draconis
Flamsteed Number	43 Draconis
HR (BSC)	6920
HD	170000
Constellation	Draco
Right Ascension	18h 20m 45s
Declination	+71° 20' 16"
Distance	303 light years 93 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.2 Absolute: -0.6
Spectral Class	A0IIIp White Giant
Optimum Visibility	July (Usually visible from northern latitudes)
Notes	Batentaban Australis is a ternary system, with a binary pair of stars at its heart orbiting one another in just 27 days, and a third more distant star some 90 AU out from the others, pursuing its own much longer orbit of 303 years.

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