Eltanin

Orange giant and brightest star of Draco. It forms the dragon's eye with Rastaban nearby. Its apparent magnitude is about 2.2. Look for it while tracing Draco 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 87833
Distance
47.30 pc · 154.3 ly
Parallax
21.14 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
2.36
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
269.15° · 51.49°