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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.

Image of 51 Draconis star
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

19h 05m 29s
+53° 26’ 10”
05h 49m 05s
00h 54m 34s

J2000

19h 04m 55s
+53° 23’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

83.76°
19.56°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Hypergiant

0.23
A0V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 51 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR 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.

107.07
349.04
-24 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

51 Draconis
SAO31371
SAO31371

Visibility from Your Location

51 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 03:33 UTC (altitude: 88.0°)