Pherkad

HR 5735 · HIP 75097 · γ UMi

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 3.002 mag
Parallax: 6.7 mas → about 486.8 light-years away
Spectral type: A3II-III
Right ascension: 230.1821°
Declination: 71.834°
Designation: HR 5735
Bayer designation: γ UMi
HIP number: 75097
IAU name adopted: 2016-08-21
Name language: Arabic
Name origin (IAU): Applied in recent times from the singular form of the pre-Islamic Arabian asterism name al-farqadan, "the Two Calves," for β and γ UMi.

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 487 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1539 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 3 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination 71.8° — from Seoul (37.6° N) it never sets and circles the northern sky all night.

Worked out from this object's official values.