A-Dra (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , A-Dra is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 18:18 (EST), 39° above your north-western horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 06:13, 33° above your north-eastern horizon.
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Name
A-Dra
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h27m58s [6] |
| Declination: | +68°46'05" [6] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 4.97 (V) [3] 4.91 (BT) [2] 4.96 (VT) [2] 4.93 (G) [6] 4.92 (BP) [6] 4.94 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 147.3 parsec 480.0 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.04 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 42.1 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 324.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.87 |
Sources