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Its story

3 Draconis follows the long serpentine of Draco, the constellation that coils around the northern celestial pole and never sets for observers in high latitudes. It is an orange giant 602 light-years away, with the warm, steady glow stars take on once they leave youth behind. Its light set out as Castile and Aragon were quietly preparing —without knowing it yet— to merge under a single crown; tonight it arrives right on time.