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36 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 71.75°   Az: 35.47°   Direction: North-East

36 Draconis is a main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Draco.

36 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 36 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Draconis during the next 1000 years (5.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.58 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 14m 01s
+64° 24’ 20”
22h 20m 28s
16h 34m 30s

J2000

18h 13m 53s
+64° 23’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

93.97°
28.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 36 Draconis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Main-sequence

3.18
F5V
6989K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Draconis is distant 76.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

23.50
76.60
-35 km/s
0.349 arcsec/y
0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

36 Draconis
SAO17828
SAO17828
Gl 708.1

Visibility from Your Location

36 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 02:22 UTC (altitude: 77.1°)