Fafnir (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Fafnir is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 17:23 (EST), 48° above your north-western horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:42, 29° above your north-eastern horizon.
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Name
Fafnir
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h25m59s [4] |
| Declination: | +65°33'48" [4] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 4.83 (V) [2] 6.34 (BT) [2] 4.96 (VT) [2] 4.45 (G) [4] 5.07 (BP) [4] 3.69 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 90.4 parsec 294.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.18 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 109.2 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 104.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.05 |
Sources