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hip-88136

Northern polar star

Its story

41 Draconis is a spectroscopic K-type binary in circumpolar Draco, just 207 light-years away from Earth. Its two orange components chase each other far too closely to be split apart by any telescope, and only the spectrum gives them away: absorption lines softly twin in step with the orbit. Because Draco never sets from European latitudes, this hidden pair shines every single night of the year.

Constellation
Draco
Apparent magnitude
5.74
Distance
207.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 270.038° · Dec 80.004°
Catalogue
HIP 88136 · HD 166866

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