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19 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 57.23°   Az: 317.65°   Direction: North-West

19 Draconis is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Draco.

19 Draconis visual magnitude is 4.89. Because of its moderate brightness, 19 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 19 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 19 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Draconis during the next 1000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 56m 09s
+65° 05’ 46”
03h 59m 54s
20h 56m 04s

J2000

16h 56m 01s
+65° 08’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

95.68°
36.47°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.89
Main-sequence

4.00
F6V
6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Draconis is distant 49.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

15.09
49.19
-23 km/s
0.24 arcsec/y
0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

19 Draconis
SAO17281
SAO17281

Visibility from Your Location

19 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 07:37 UTC (altitude: 76.4°)