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hip-66435
Its story
In Ursa Minor, not far from the pole star, shines an orange giant some 411 light-years away. Its light set out around 1614, when Galileo was still defending the Copernican system and Cervantes was publishing the second part of Don Quixote. Cooler and more golden than the Sun, it offers a serene northern point for those who lift their gaze in search of a guiding star.
- Constellation
- Ursa Minor
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.50
- Distance
- 411.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 204.296° · Dec 71.242°
- Catalogue
- HIP 66435 · HD 118904
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