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Northern polar star

Its story

76 Draconis glows some 353 light-years away, a white A-type star inscribed in the spirals of the celestial Dragon, very close to the north celestial pole. Because of its latitude it never sets for European observers: it wheels in a circle around Polaris night after night. Its crystalline light set out around the seventeenth century, while Kepler was formulating the laws that govern the planets' dance, and has been travelling to our telescopes ever since.

Constellation: Draco
Apparent magnitude: 5.75
Distance: 352.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 310.646° · Dec 82.531°
Catalogue: HIP 102208 · HD 199095

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