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66 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 26.59°   Az: 343.27°   Direction: North-North-West

66 Draconis is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Draco.

66 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, 66 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 66 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 66 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 66 Draconis during the next 1000 years (2.02 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.23 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 05m 56s
+62° 04’ 09”
09h 46m 38s
05h 52m 35s

J2000

20h 05m 32s
+61° 59’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

95.39°
15.65°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.39
Giant

1.76
K3III
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 66 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 66 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

66 Draconis is distant 173.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

53.25
173.59
6 km/s
0.121 arcsec/y
0.074"/y

Alternative Designations

66 Draconis
SAO18700
SAO18700

Visibility from Your Location

66 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 04:29 UTC (altitude: 79.4°)