69 Draconis

69 Draconis is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

69 Draconis visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its reltive faintness, 69 Draconis should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 69 Draconis:

Color of 69 Draconis ⬤

Magnitude of 69 Draconis 6.2

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 69 Draconis is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 65°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 69 Draconis

69 Draconis is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 69 Draconis are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 19h 59m 36s

Declination J2000 +76° 28’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 108.94°

Galactic Latitude 22.48°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 69 Draconis in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 69 Draconis.

Visibility of 69 Draconis from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

69 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 03:22 UTC (altitude: 65.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 69 Draconis

The image below is a photograph of 69 Draconis from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 69 Draconis is -0.029 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.055 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 69 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 69 Draconis during the next 10000 years (-4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 69 Draconis from the Sun and relative movement

69 Draconis is distant 524.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 69 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 161.03 pc

Distance (light year) 524.96 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -69 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.029 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.055 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 69 Draconis

69 Draconis belongs to spectral class M3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.17

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.61

Temperature of 69 Draconis 3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 69 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 69 Draconis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 69 Draconis

Flamsteed designation 69 Draconis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD190960

SAO Catalogue SAO9606

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP98401

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+76 771

FK5 Catalogue 3605

In Evidence

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