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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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Vega
Vega is a main sequence A-type star located in the constellation Lyra approximately 25 light-years from Earth. It’s notable for its bright blue-white color and historical significance as the northern pole star. Vega plays a key role in the Summer Triangle asterism and contains a surrounding debris disk, offering astronomers valuable data regarding planetary formation processes. This standard star...
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