17 Draconis

Altitude: 47.3° Azimuth: 58.2° Direction: East-North-East

17 Draconis is a multiple main-sequence star in the constellation of Draco.

17 Draconis visual magnitude is 6.53. Because of its reltive faintness, 17 Draconis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 17 Draconis:

Color of 17 Draconis ⬤

Magnitude of 17 Draconis 6.53

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

17 Draconis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 47.3°
Azimuth: 58.2°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 17 Draconis

17 Draconis is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 17 Draconis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 36m 14s

Declination J2000 +52° 55’ 27”

Galactic Longitude 80.97°

Galactic Latitude 41.48°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 17 Draconis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 17 Draconis.

Visibility of 17 Draconis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

17 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 11:16 UTC (altitude: 88.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 17 Draconis

The image below is a photograph of 17 Draconis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 17 Draconis is -0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.027 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 17 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Draconis during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Spectral properties of 17 Draconis

17 Draconis belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature of 17 Draconis 10941K

Alternative designations of 17 Draconis

Flamsteed designation 17 Draconis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD150118

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+53 1876

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS10129

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