Gam-3

Southern polar star

Its story

Gamma-3 Octantis belongs to Octans, the constellation surrounding the south celestial pole without a bright pole star such as Polaris. It is an orange K-type giant at 255 light-years, one of the lights that orbit that austral void where the sky seems to wheel upon itself all night long, lacking an obvious fixed point.

Constellation: Octans
Apparent magnitude: 5.29
Distance: 254.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 2.509° · Dec -82.224°
Catalogue: HIP 814 · HD 636

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