54 Draconis

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:13 | Tran: 0:35 | Set: 10:00

Alt: 15.01° Az: 32.45° Direction: North-North-East

54 Draconis is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Draco.

54 Draconis visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, 54 Draconis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 54 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 54 Draconis during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 19h 14m 22s

Declination +57° 45’ 00”

Hour Angle 17h 04m 47s

Sidereal Time 12h 19m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 19h 13m 55s

Declination +57° 42’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 88.52°

Galactic Latitude 19.81°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.99

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.51

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 54 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 54 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

54 Draconis is distant 161.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.65

Distance (light year) 161.87

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 54 Draconis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD180610

SAO Catalogue SAO31497

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP94490

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+57 1968

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 54 Draconis rise, transit and set times from Baizhang, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 32.2° RISE 15:13

Max altitude: 58.4° TRANSIT 0:35

Azimuth: 327.8° SET 10:00

Name:	Baizhang, China
Latitude:	26° 10' 54.1" N
Longitude:	118° 48' 25.2" E
Timezone:	Asia/Shanghai

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