Star
Gamma Cephei
Gamma Cephei is an orange star 46.0 light-years away, seen as it was 46 years ago, shining 9 times as bright as the Sun.
Its planet, proposed in 1988, doubted, and confirmed in 2002, was the first ever discovered. From about 3157 CE it replaces Polaris as the pole star.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 46.0 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 3.21
- Spectral type
- K1IV
- Catalogue
- HIP 116727
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.