15 Draconis
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 30.79°
Az: 6.76°
Direction: North
15 Draconis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Draco.
15 Draconis visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, 15 Draconis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.
DSS2 image of 15 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Draconis during the next
10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.00 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 15 Draconis.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
Simplified finder chart for 15 Draconis.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Draconis.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
15 Draconis is distant 490.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
15 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 16:35 UTC (altitude: 72.8°)