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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.
Thuban (/ ˈ θj uː b æ n /), [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.
NGC 5982 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Draco.It is located at a distance of circa 130 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 5982 is about 100,000 light years across.
NGC 5866 (also called the Spindle Galaxy or possibly Messier 102) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Draco.NGC 5866 was most likely discovered by Pierre Méchain or Charles Messier in 1781, and independently found by William Herschel in 1788.
The Tadpole Galaxy, also known as UGC 10214 [2] and Arp 188, [3] is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 420 million light-years from Earth in the northern constellation Draco. Its most dramatic feature is a trail of stars about 280,000 light-years long.
Nu Draconis (also known as 𝜈 Dra, 𝜈 Draconis, where 𝜈 is the Greek letter nu, or traditionally as Kuma / ˈ k juː m ə /) 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]
Sigma Draconis is a single star in the northern constellation of Draco. It has the proper name Alsafi / æ l ˈ s eɪ f i /, [12] while Sigma Draconis, which is latinised from σ Draconis and abbreviated Sig Dra or σ Dra, is the Bayer designation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.7, [2] which is bright enough to be faintly visible to ...
The TOI-1452 star system is 99 light-years away from Earth, [5] located in the constellation of Draco. It is a binary pair of dim red dwarf stars separated by only 96 astronomical units (AU). A notable feature of this system is the presence of an exoplanet around one of the stars, designated as TOI-1452 b. [6]