Star profile
49 Draco
What is 49 Draco
49 Draconis belongs to the northern dragon, about 492 light-years away. Though it shares the broad G classification with the Sun, it is more evolved and considerably more luminous: a yellow giant, not a small dwarf companion. Its golden light arrives filtered through centuries of travel, surfacing discreetly among the Dragon's polar coils.
Where it is and when to see it
49 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 August: 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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Astronomical data for 49 Draco
- Constellation
- Draco
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.51
- Distance
- 492.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 285.181° · Dec 55.658°
- Catalogue
- HIP 93340 · HD 177249
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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 600445.47
- HIP 726645.48
- HIP 925495.51
- 16 Draco5.53
- HIP 841835.54