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Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon . It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century Greek astronomer Ptolemy , and remains one of the 88 modern constellations today.
Slytherin. Born. 5 June 1980. Draco Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character and a major antagonist in J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series. He is a student in Harry Potter 's year belonging in the Slytherin house. He is frequently accompanied by his two cronies, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who act as henchmen.
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Thuban. Thuban (/ ˈθjuːbæn /), [6] with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco. A relatively inconspicuous star in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere, it is historically significant as having been the north pole star from the 4th to 2nd millennium BC.
The Draco Dwarf is a spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954 on photographic plates of the National Geographic Society's Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS). [6] It is part of the Local Group and a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way galaxy. The Draco Dwarf is situated in the direction of the ...
Nu Draconis. Nu Draconis (also known as 𝜈 Dra, 𝜈 Draconis, where 𝜈 is the Greek letter nu, or traditionally as Kuma / ˈkjuːmə /) is a double star in the constellation Draco. The respective components are designated 𝜈 1 Draconis and 𝜈 2 Draconis. The second component is a spectroscopic binary star system. [14]
Dacian draco from Trajan's Column. The Dacian draco was a military standard used by troops of the ancient Dacian people, which can be seen in the hands of the soldiers of Decebalus in several scenes depicted on Trajan's Column in Rome, Italy. This wind instrument has the form of a dragon with open wolf-like jaws containing several metal tongues ...
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