Alioth

Brightest star of Ursa Major and the Dipper handle's first lamp. Follow it outward toward Mizar and Alkaid. Look for it while tracing Ursa Major on a dark night.

Wikipedia

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

ID
HIP 62956
Distance
25.31 pc · 82.6 ly
Parallax
39.51 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
1.75
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
193.51° · 55.96°