Star profile
19 Draco
Nearby starWhat is 19 Draco
19 Draconis is a relatively close neighbour: at 50 light-years, its light reaches us in barely two human generations. It is a yellow-white F-type dwarf with a surface near 6,170 kelvin, slightly hotter and brighter than the Sun, set in a quiet stretch of Draco far from the constellation's main spine. Named by Flamsteed in 1690, it now sits in modern catalogues of nearby stars worth tracking.
Where it is and when to see it
19 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 March, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 76° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 66° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 25° S.
It ranks no. 31 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 50 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 19 Draco
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.88
- Distance
- 49.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 254.006° · Dec 65.135°
- Catalogue
- HIP 82860 · HD 153597
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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 820204.84
- HIP 518084.86
- Nu 2 Draco4.86
- Nu 1 Draco4.89
- Mu Draco4.91