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Ras Algethi
Rasalgethi, Alpha 1 Herculis, 64 Herculis
The brightest star in Hercules has an Arabic name meaning 'head of the kneeling man'. The primary in this distant and complex system is a very massive red giant, but orbiting this is a closer double star that shines with a yellow-green light.
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