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Alrai
Errai, Gamma Cephei, 35 Cephei
Alrai is a star of the subgiant class, orange in colour, that lies nearly fifty light years from Earth's Solar System. It is not far from the Northern Celestial Pole, and has taken the role of Pole Star in the past - some six thousand years ago, Alrai was much closer to the Pole than it is today.
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