2 Ursae Minoris (2 UMi) is a single[9]star a few degrees away from the northern celestial pole. Despite its Flamsteed designation, the star is actually located in the constellationCepheus. This change occurred when the constellation boundaries were formally set in 1930 by Eugene Delporte. Therefore, the star is usually referred only by its catalog numbers such as HR 285 or HD 5848. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.244.[2] This object is located 280 light years away and is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +8 km/s.[5] It is a candidate member of the Hyades Supercluster.[2]
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