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public  Fria, Guinea Fria, Guinea  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Conakry
Sunrise: 6:38 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 19:19
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ω Draconis (omega Draconis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:52 | Tran: 23:42 | Set: 7:35
Alt: 13.05°   Az: 338.46°   Direction: North-North-West

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

ω Draconis visual magnitude is 4.8. Because of its moderate brightness, ω 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 ω Draconis (omega Draconis) star
DSS2 image of ω Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of ω Draconis during the next 1000 years (0.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 36m 48s
+68° 44’ 37”
05h 22m 31s
22h 59m 19s

J2000

17h 36m 57s
+68° 45’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

99.08°
31.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ω Draconis (omega Draconis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.8
Main-sequence

2.95
F5V
6724K

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

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

Star System Properties

ω 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 ω Draconis double sysyem:

4.8
13.1
8.3
72.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ω Draconis is distant 76.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

23.46
76.49
-14 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
0.323"/y

Alternative Designations

ω Draconis
(omega Draconis)
28 Draconis
SAO17576
SAO17576

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ω Draconis (omega Draconis) rise, transit and set times from Fria, Guinea are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Conakry):

Azimuth: 21.3°
Max altitude: 31.6°
Azimuth: 338.7°