Star profile
75 Draco
Northern polar starWhat is 75 Draco
75 Draconis sits very close to the celestial north pole, within Draco, some 456 light-years away. A G-type star at magnitude 5.38, its quiet golden tone makes it a silent candidate for the title of future polar star at some point in Earth s slow precessional dance. There, in a region of sky that never sets for northern observers, it turns tirelessly around the axis of the world.
Where it is and when to see it
75 Draco lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 60° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 49° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 9° S.
It ranks no. 65 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 32° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 460 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 75 Draco
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.38
- Distance
- 455.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 307.060° · Dec 81.423°
- Catalogue
- HIP 100965 · HD 196787
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Other stars in Draco
Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- EltaninGamma Draco2.24
- AthebyneEta Draco2.73
- RastabanBeta Draco2.79
- 9 Draco5.37
- HIP 798045.37
- 50 Draco5.37
- HIP 910135.38
- HIP 932995.39