Alkaid

Hot star at the tip of the Big Dipper's handle. From there the arc of the handle swings toward Arcturus. 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 67301
Distance
31.87 pc · 103.9 ly
Parallax
31.38 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
1.80
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
206.89° · 49.31°