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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never sets and culminates about 85° up.
From New York it never sets and culminates about 74° up.
From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 33° S.

It ranks no. 49 in brightness among the 122 stars of Draco in our catalogue. To find it, start from Eltanin, the brightest: it lies about 12° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 340 years ago.

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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