Star profile

64 Draco

Cool red star

3D likeness based on its real data · class M · ~3,200 K

What is 64 Draco

64 Draconis is a very cool red giant embedded in the immense body of Draco, that boreal circumpolar constellation coiled around the north celestial pole. Its surface does not reach 4,000 kelvin and, at 588 light-years away, it gives off the deep red of stars approaching their final stretch. The light crossing the atmosphere tonight left its photosphere while European navigators were not yet dreaming of rounding the Cape of Good Hope.

Where it is and when to see it

64 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 September: 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 64 Draco

Constellation: Draco
Apparent magnitude: 5.22
Distance: 587.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 300.369° · Dec 64.821°
Catalogue: HIP 98583 · HD 190544

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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