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- Grumium
Grumium
ξ Draconis
Grumium is an orange giant, in the constellation Draco. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1913.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never sets: it circles the pole all night, all year.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.73.
What it’s like
It gives off 33 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,400 degrees.
It is 112.6 light years away: 1065 trillion kilometres.