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[[File:Alpha Draconis.jpg|thumb|Thuban Star <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alpha_Draconis.jpg]]</ref> | [[File:Alpha Draconis.jpg|thumb|Thuban Star <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alpha_Draconis.jpg]]</ref>]] | ||
[[Thuban]] with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of [[Draco]]. A relatively inconspicuous star in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere, it is historically significant as having been the north pole star from the 4th to 2nd millennium BC.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuban]</ref> | [[Thuban]] with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of [[Draco]]. A relatively inconspicuous star in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere, it is historically significant as having been the north pole star from the 4th to 2nd millennium BC.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuban]</ref> | ||