Thuban

Former pole star in Draco, used as north around 2700 BCE. Slow precession has since moved the pole toward Polaris. 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 68756
Distance
92.94 pc · 303.1 ly
Parallax
10.76 mas (Hipparcos)
Magnitude (G)
3.65
Color (BP-RP)
-
Radius
unknown
RA · Dec
211.10° · 64.38°