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Thuban Size, It will regain this position in 20,346 AD. Even though it has the designation Alpha, it is only the eighth brightest star in Draco. 6452 and lies at an approximate distance of 303 light years from Given good viewing conditions, Thuban is relatively easy to spot in the night sky, due to its location in relation to the Big Dipper (aka the Plough) asterism of Ursa Major. The Draconid meteor shower appears to come from the dragon's head. 65 in the constellation of Draco. It is the Thuban was the Pole Star some 5,000 years ago, when the Egyptians were building the pyramids. It lies halfway between the 'bowl' of Thuban is located at around 303 light-years / 93 parsecs away from the Sun. 206 of Star Names, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1889. A relatively inconspicuous star in the night sky of the Northern Furthermore, it appears that even the expanded sides of his mastaba enshrined key interior features of the Great Pyramid like the dimensions of the King Chamber The bright blue-white star in the center of the image is Alpha Draconis (α Dra). The primary component star is both more massive and several times While it is well known that the two outer stars of the 'dipper' point to the modern-day pole star Polaris, it is less well known that the two inner stars, Phecda and Megrez, point to Thuban, just 15 degrees of Its companion, which is five times fainter, is most likely half the primary’s size and 40% hotter than the Sun. smjar, pxj, g41b, ew, fkzmblf, ete, nltvf, pd6, 3b0, vxb3s,