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18 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 54.11°   Az: 42.53°   Direction: North-East

18 Draconis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Draco.

18 Draconis visual magnitude is 4.83. Because of its moderate brightness, 18 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.

Image of 18 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 18 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 18 Draconis during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 41m 06s
+64° 32’ 29”
19h 31m 08s
12h 12m 15s

J2000

16h 40m 55s
+64° 35’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

95.57°
38.16°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.83
Hypergiant

-1.77
K0III
4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 18 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 18 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

18 Draconis is distant 680.58 light years from the Sun

208.77
680.58
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

18 Draconis
SAO17188
SAO17188

Visibility from Your Location

18 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 00:45 UTC (altitude: 76.9°)