Caph

Variable star at Cassiopeia's western end. It helps draw the familiar W or M across the Milky Way. Look for it while tracing Cassiopeia 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 746
Distance
16.78 pc · 54.7 ly
Parallax
59.58 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
2.36
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
2.29° · 59.15°