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hip-113116
Northern polar starIts story
Near the celestial north pole, in Cepheus, an orange giant pulses some 356 light-years away. Its light began the journey when Galileo first turned his spyglass to the sky and discovered the moons of Jupiter. Cooler than the Sun, it shines with the calm of a perpetual sunset —a silent landmark for those who navigate or dream in the northern hemisphere.
- Constellation
- Cepheus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.70
- Distance
- 355.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 343.602° · Dec 84.346°
- Catalogue
- HIP 113116 · HD 217382
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