73 Draconis
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 53.07°
Az: 335.57°
Direction: North-North-West
73 Draconis is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Draco.
73 Draconis visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its faintness, 73 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.
DSS2 image of 73 Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of 73 Draconis during the next
10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
Simplified finder chart for 73 Draconis.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
73 Draconis is also a SrCrEu chemically peculiar star.
Simplified finder chart for 73 Draconis.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 73 Draconis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 73 Draconis.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
73 Draconis is distant 416.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
73 Draconis is circumpolar and transits at 20:38 UTC (altitude: 66.4°)