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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
A bright blue-white point in the constellation Lyra, Vega is an A-type main-sequence star approximately 25 light-years from Earth. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle, an asterism that helps observers recognize the northern summer sky. The gradual change in the direction of Earth's rotational axis also explains its historical role as a northern pole star, a position it does not hold today....
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