8-Dra (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 8-Dra is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 05:29, 55° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 23° above your northern horizon.
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Name
8-Dra
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h55m28s [4] |
| Declination: | +65°26'18" [4] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 5.23 (V) [2] 5.58 (BT) [2] 5.26 (VT) [2] 5.15 (G) [4] 5.31 (BP) [4] 4.88 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 29.4 parsec 96.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.27 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 30.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 186.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.89 |
Sources