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Nu-2
Its story
Nu-2 Draconis forms, together with its twin Nu-1, one of the most famous double stars of the northern sky, separable even with decent binoculars within the body of the Dragon. It lies 99 light-years away and is itself a spectroscopic binary on a 38-day orbit, with two chemically peculiar Am stars. Arab astronomers counted it among the Mother Camels. The visual pair is not gravitationally bound: they travel together because they share an origin.
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.86
- Distance
- 99.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 263.067° · Dec 55.173°
- Catalogue
- HIP 85829 · HD 159560
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