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Eta Ursae Minoris
21 Ursae Minoris
An F-type (pale yellow) Dwarf star near the Northern Celestial Pole, a little under 100 light years from the Solar System. It is the faintest of the four stars that mark out the rectangular 'bowl' of the Little Dipper formation in Ursa Minor. It is a useful reference point in the sky, since it is easy to locate and has a magnitude of almost exactly +5.0.
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