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Pherkad
Pherkad, or Gamma Ursae Minoris, is a naked-eye star in the northern constellation Ursa Minor. It is a white A-type giant and, with Kochab, forms the pair at the outer end of the Little Dipper's bowl, an easily recognized part of the constellation. Pherkad has an apparent visual magnitude of about 3 and lies roughly 487 light-years from the Sun, so it is visible without optical aid but is not the...
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Castor
Castor, designated Alpha Geminorum, is the second-brightest star system in the constellation of Gemini, located approximately 51 light-years from Earth. Despite its Bayer designation implying it is the brightest, it is fainter than its neighbor Pollux. Astronomically, Castor is a complex system composed of six individual stars arranged into three binary pairs that orbit a common center of mass.
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