VW-Dra (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , VW-Dra is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 17:27 (EST), 46° above your north-western horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:29, 26° above your north-eastern horizon.
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Name
VW-Dra
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 17h16m29s [4] |
| Declination: | +60°40'14" [4] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.33 (V) [2] 7.72 (BT) [2] 6.44 (VT) [2] 6.02 (G) [4] 6.56 (BP) [4] 5.32 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 132.8 parsec 432.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.08 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 43.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 288.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.71 |
Sources