λ-Dra (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , λ-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, 59° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 23° above your northern horizon.
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Name
λ-Dra
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 11h31m24s [4] |
| Declination: | +69°19'51" [4] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.81 (V) [2] 5.92 (BT) [2] 3.99 (VT) [2] 3.10 (G) [4] 4.19 (BP) [4] 2.37 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 115.7 parsec 377.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.65 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 45.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 245.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.50 |
Sources