χ-Dra (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , χ-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 04:39, 58° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:59 (EDT), 31° above your northern horizon.
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Name
χ-Dra
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 18h21m02s [3] |
| Declination: | +72°44'01" [3] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.57 (V) [3] 4.17 (BT) [2] 3.62 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 8.1 parsec 26.3 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.51 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 636.0 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 123.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 4.04 |
Sources