17-Dra (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 17-Dra is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 37° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, becoming tricky to observe after 19:52 when it dips 20° above your north-western horizon. At 04:56, it will return to an altitude of 20° above your north-eastern horizon, and reach an altitude of 25° before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:36.
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Name
17-Dra
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h36m13s [3] |
| Declination: | +52°55'28" [3] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 5.38 (V) [1] 5.30 (BT) [1] 5.38 (VT) [1] 5.40 (G) [3] 5.36 (BP) [3] 5.44 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 126.8 parsec 413.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.06 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 29.5 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 335.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.13 |
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