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37 Draconis

Altitude: 67.3°   Azimuth: 331.0°   Direction: North-North-West

37 Draconis is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

37 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its reltive faintness, 37 Draconis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 37 Draconis:

5.95
Giant

37 Draconis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 67.3°
Azimuth: 331.0°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 37 Draconis

37 Draconis is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 37 Draconis are provided in the following table:

18h 15m 16s
+68° 45’ 20”
98.93°
28.4°
Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 37 Draconis in the sky:

Finder chart 37 Draconis star
Simplified finder chart for 37 Draconis.

Visibility of 37 Draconis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

37 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 12:55 UTC (altitude: 72.7°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 37 Draconis

The image below is a photograph of 37 Draconis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 37 Draconis is 0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.061 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 37 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 37 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Draconis during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 37 Draconis from the Sun and relative movement

37 Draconis is distant 283.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

87.11 pc
283.97 ly
-10 km/s
0.015 arcsec/year
-0.061 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 37 Draconis

37 Draconis belongs to spectral class K1

1.25
K1
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 37 Draconis

37 Draconis
SAO17837
SAO17837