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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	31 Cephei
HR (BSC)	8615
HD	214470
Constellation	Cepheus
Right Ascension	22h 35m 46s
Declination	+73° 38' 35"
Distance	188 light years 58 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +5.1 Absolute: +1.4
Spectral Class	F3III-IV bright yellow giant
Optimum Visibility	September (Usually visible from northern latitudes)
Notes	A fifth-magnitude star in the central regions of Cepheus, lying on the outer band of the Milky Way as it passes through that constellation. 31 Cephei is an F-type bright yellow star of the giant or subgiant class, approximately three times the Sun's diameter and more than twenty times as luminous.

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