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Bright Yellow Star in Octans
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A constellation's alpha star is, in most cases, its brightest and most prominent. Alpha Octantis, though, is a significant exception to this rule: at magnitude +5.1, it is very faint indeed; at least three other of Octans' stars are brighter.
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