Star profile
9 Draco
What is 9 Draco
9 Draconis is a remote orange giant, 625 light-years away, coiled along the long body of the Dragon that winds between the two Bears. Spotting it means tracing one of the largest constellations of the northern sky, one of the original forty-eight catalogued by Ptolemy in the second century. Its light set out in the mid-fourteenth century, while the Black Death advanced across Europe. It still travels, indifferent.
Where it is and when to see it
9 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 February: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 9 Draco
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.37
- Distance
- 624.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 194.980° · Dec 66.597°
- Catalogue
- HIP 63432 · HD 113092
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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
- HIP 814375.28
- 3 Draco5.32
- HIP 1025995.36
- HIP 798045.37
- 50 Draco5.37