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υ Draconis (upsilon Draconis)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 54.53°   Az: 329.13°   Direction: North-North-West

υ Draconis is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Draco.

υ Draconis visual magnitude is 4.82. Because of its moderate brightness, υ 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 υ Draconis (upsilon Draconis) star
DSS2 image of υ Draconis. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Draconis during the next 10000 years (8.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 54m 04s
+71° 19’ 46”
04h 33m 48s
23h 27m 53s

J2000

18h 54m 23s
+71° 17’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

102.15°
25.36°

Finder Chart

Finder chart υ Draconis (upsilon Draconis) star
Simplified finder chart for υ Draconis (upsilon Draconis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.82
Hypergiant

-0.30
K0III
4409K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Draconis is distant 344.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

105.60
344.24
-7 km/s
0.049 arcsec/y
0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Draconis
(upsilon Draconis)
52 Draconis
SAO9283
SAO9283

Visibility from Your Location

υ Draconis (upsilon Draconis) is circumpolar and transits at 16:00 UTC (altitude: 70.2°)