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30 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 33.10°   Az: 48.25°   Direction: North-East

30 Draconis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Draco.

30 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.02. Because of its faintness, 30 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 30 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 30 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 30 Draconis during the next 1000 years (-0.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 49m 40s
+50° 46’ 28”
17h 24m 57s
11h 14m 37s

J2000

17h 49m 04s
+50° 46’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

78.07°
30.3°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.02
Main-sequence

0.90
A2V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 30 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 30 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

30 Draconis is distant 216.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 55 kilometers per second.

66.53
216.90
-55 km/s
-0.048 arcsec/y
0.211"/y

Alternative Designations

30 Draconis
SAO30591
SAO30591

Visibility from Your Location

30 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 08:23 UTC (altitude: 89.3°)