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37 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 55.75°   Az: 35.49°   Direction: North-East

37 Draconis is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Draco.

37 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, 37 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 15m 07s
+68° 45’ 54”
19h 42m 11s
13h 57m 19s

J2000

18h 15m 16s
+68° 45’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

98.93°
28.4°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
283.97
-10 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

37 Draconis
SAO17837
SAO17837

Visibility from Your Location

37 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 02:23 UTC (altitude: 72.7°)