Star profile

53 Draco

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 53 Draco

53 Draconis shines along the winding back of the Dragon, about 344 light-years away, with the familiar yellow light of a G-class star, akin to the Sun in temperature though far more distant. It is one of those discreet points one only finds once the eye has learned to trace Draco. The light reaching us tonight left in the mid seventeenth century, during the heyday of Cassini s astronomy.

Where it is and when to see it

53 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 53 Draco

Constellation: Draco
Apparent magnitude: 5.13
Distance: 344.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 287.919° · Dec 56.859°
Catalogue: HIP 94302 · HD 180006

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Other stars in Draco

Draco has 122 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 122 stars in Draco