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55 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 37.21°   Az: 27.35°   Direction: North-North-East

55 Draconis is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Draco.

55 Draconis visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, 55 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 55 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 55 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 55 Draconis during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 09m 51s
+66° 01’ 15”
16h 16m 50s
11h 26m 42s

J2000

19h 09m 45s
+65° 58’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

96.82°
22.8°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Hypergiant

1.28
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 55 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 55 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

55 Draconis is distant 321.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

98.52
321.18
-22 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

55 Draconis
SAO18187
SAO18187

Visibility from Your Location

55 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 03:37 UTC (altitude: 75.5°)