Constellations
Draco (Dra)
The Dragon
Also known as dragon.
6 looks for Draco
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Draco
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Dragon
- IAU abbreviation
- Dra
- Its stars are named
- Draconis (as in "Alpha Draconis")
- Family
- Ursa Major family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in July
- Centre
- Right ascension 16h 49m, declination +66° 20′
- The figure
- 15 stars joined by 15 lines
- Brightest star
- Eltanin, magnitude 2.23
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Eltanin (γ Dra)mag 2.23
- Athebyne (η Dra)mag 2.74
- Rastaban (β Dra)mag 2.79
- Altais (δ Dra)mag 3.07
- Aldhibah (ζ Dra)mag 3.17
- Edasich (ι Dra)mag 3.29
- Alahakan (χ Dra)mag 3.57
- Thuban (α Dra)mag 3.65
- Grumium (ξ Dra)mag 3.75
- Tyl (ε Dra)mag 3.83
- Giausar (λ Dra)mag 3.84
- κ Dramag 3.87
- θ Dramag 4.01
- Kuma (ν2 Dra)mag 4.12
- Aldhiba (φ Dra)mag 4.22
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation