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68 Draconis

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 33.78°   Az: 330.20°   Direction: North-North-West

68 Draconis is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Draco.

68 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, 68 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 68 Draconis star
DSS2 image of 68 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 68 Draconis during the next 1000 years (2.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 11m 58s
+62° 09’ 12”
07h 51m 17s
04h 03m 16s

J2000

20h 11m 34s
+62° 04’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

95.83°
15.08°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 68 Draconis star
Simplified finder chart for 68 Draconis.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Main-sequence

2.31
F5V
6528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 68 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 68 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

68 Draconis is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 68 Draconis double sysyem:

5.75
15.15
9.4
93 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

68 Draconis is distant 158.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

48.69
158.71
-15 km/s
0.123 arcsec/y
0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

68 Draconis
SAO18751
SAO18751

Visibility from Your Location

68 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 20:19 UTC (altitude: 79.3°)