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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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χ Draconis (chi Draconis)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 56.56°   Az: 331.68°   Direction: North-North-West

χ Draconis is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Draco.

χ Draconis visual magnitude is 3.57. Because of its moderate brightness, χ Draconis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of χ Draconis (chi Draconis) star
DSS2 image of χ Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Draconis during the next 1000 years (8.87 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 20m 32s
+72° 44’ 44”
04h 07m 16s
22h 27m 49s

J2000

18h 21m 03s
+72° 43’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

103.46°
28.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Draconis (chi Draconis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.57
Main-sequence

4.04
F7V
6435K

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

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

Star System Properties

χ 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 χ Draconis double sysyem:

3.57
5.57
2
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Draconis is distant 26.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

8.06
26.27
33 km/s
0.532 arcsec/y
-0.35"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Draconis
(chi Draconis)
44 Draconis
SAO9087
SAO9087
Gl 713 A

Visibility from Your Location

χ Draconis (chi Draconis) is circumpolar and transits at 01:53 UTC (altitude: 68.7°)