51 Draconis
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 40.25°
Az: 308.78°
Direction: North-West
51 Draconis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Draco.
51 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, 51 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.
DSS2 image of 51 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 51 Draconis during the next
10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.17 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for 51 Draconis.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
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Finder chart for 51 Draconis.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 51 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 51 Draconis.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
51 Draconis is distant 349.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
51 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 03:33 UTC (altitude: 88.0°)