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Gemma
Alphekka, Alpha Coronae Borealis, 5 Coronae Borealis
A
variable
white
star
some seventy-five
light years
from
Earth
, the
brightest
in the northern
constellation
of
Corona Borealis
.
The jewel in the
Crown
: the location of
Gemma
, brightest of the
stars
of
Corona Borealis
, the
Northern Crown
.
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