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hip-112519
Northern polar starIts story
Near the north celestial pole, within Cepheus, stands an orange K-type star that seems to spin in place without moving. Its light set off 313 years ago, as Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg in 1703 upon the marshes of the Neva. Cooler than the Sun, it holds the northern vault with the calm of an old lantern —a silent fixture of the world s axis.
- Constellation
- Cepheus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.77
- Distance
- 313.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 341.871° · Dec 83.154°
- Catalogue
- HIP 112519 · HD 216446
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