Pherkad

Hot star pairing with Kochab as the Guardians of the Pole. The duo helps confirm you have found Ursa Minor. Look for it while tracing Ursa Minor 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 75097
Distance
149.25 pc · 486.8 ly
Parallax
6.70 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
3.04
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
230.18° · 71.83°