κ-Dra (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , κ-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 05:36, 54° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 24° above your northern horizon.
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Name
κ-Dra
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h33m28s [6] |
| Declination: | +69°47'17" [6] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.89 (V) [3] 3.73 (BT) [2] 3.87 (VT) [2] 3.89 (G) [6] 3.83 (BP) [6] 3.95 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 142.7 parsec 465.1 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.12 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 59.4 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 279.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.88 |
Sources