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β Camelopardalis wanders close to the north celestial pole, within the silent giraffe that circles Polaris. It is a yellow supergiant about 870 light-years away, paired with a fainter A-type companion. Yet it carries an oddity: for an evolved supergiant it spins far too fast, and astronomers suspect it may once have swallowed an entire planet.

Constellation: Camelopardalis
Apparent magnitude: 4.03
Distance: 872.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 75.855° · Dec 60.442°
Catalogue: HIP 23522 · HD 31910

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