Arcturus

Arcturus is a red giant star in the constellation Boötes in the northern sky. It is the fourth brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest in the northern celestial hemisphere. One easy method of finding Arcturus from the northern hemisphere is by following the curve of the handle of the Big Dipper.
==In the Mythos==
Arcturus is first mentioned in the story "Polaris" by H. P. Lovecraft, where the unnamed narrator observes the star as it shines redly from above a cemetery on a low hillock.
The cosmic entity that inhabited the body of Joe Slater and his "brother of light" have voyaged to "the worlds that reel about the red Arcturus", while their human host bodies remained asleep. (: "Beyond the Wall of Sleep")
The double planet Kythanil, or Kythamil, once revolved around Arcturus. (: "Through the Gates of the Silver Key", : "The Dweller in Darkness")
Asa Sandwin believed that Lloigor could only appear on Earth when Arcturus was above the horizon (: "The Sandwin Compact"). Zhar can also be summoned from Arcturus (: "The Dweller in Darkness").
According to the Unaussprechlichen Kulten, Nyogtha was sired by Ubbo-Sathla on Earth, but was at some point banished to a lightless world near Arcturus. (: "The Horror in the Gallery")
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