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27 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 63.87°   Az: 325.31°   Direction: North-West

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

27 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.05. Because of its faintness, 27 Draconis is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 27 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 27 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Draconis during the next 1000 years (-0.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.23 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 31m 52s
+68° 07’ 04”
02h 49m 01s
20h 20m 53s

J2000

17h 31m 57s
+68° 08’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

98.42°
32.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 27 Draconis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.05
Hypergiant

0.93
K0III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

27 Draconis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 27 Draconis double sysyem:

5.05
11.25
6.2
163.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Draconis is distant 217.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 73 kilometers per second.

66.58
217.04
-73 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.134"/y

Alternative Designations

27 Draconis
SAO17526
SAO17526

Visibility from Your Location

27 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 07:37 UTC (altitude: 73.4°)