Alderamin

Bright white star near the tip of Cepheus. Precession will eventually bring it closer to pole-star duty. Observers see it as a second-magnitude naked-eye target.

Gaia has no usable parallax for this star (common for bright multiples). Distance uses the Hipparcos parallax instead.

ID: HIP 105199
Distance: 15.04 pc · 49.0 ly
Parallax: 66.50 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G): 2.51
Color (BP-RP): -
Radius: unknown
RA · Dec: 319.64° · 62.59°