Eltanin (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Eltanin is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:23 (EST), 50° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, becoming tricky to observe after 21:54 when it dips 14° above your north-western horizon. At 05:19, it will return to an altitude of 14° above your north-eastern horizon, and reach an altitude of 17° before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:52.
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Name
Eltanin
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 17h56m36s [3] |
| Declination: | +51°29'20" [3] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 2.23 (V) [3] 4.26 (BT) [2] 2.41 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 47.3 parsec 154.2 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.53 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 24.3 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 200.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.14 |
Sources