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50 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 63.98°   Az: 345.82°   Direction: North-North-West

50 Draconis is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Draco.

50 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 50 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 50 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 50 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 50 Draconis during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 45m 33s
+75° 27’ 41”
01h 41m 21s
20h 26m 54s

J2000

18h 46m 22s
+75° 26’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

106.61°
26.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 50 Draconis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35
Main-sequence

0.50
A1V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 50 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 50 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

50 Draconis is distant 303.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

93.20
303.82
-8 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
0.073"/y

Alternative Designations

50 Draconis
SAO9250
SAO9250

Visibility from Your Location

50 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 13:38 UTC (altitude: 66.0°)