IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Draco
The Dragon
OriginAncient
AbbreviationDra
GenitiveDraconis
Pronunciation/ˈdreɪkoʊ/ genitive /drəˈkoʊnɪs/
DRAY-co
LocationNorthern Hemisphere
Primary StarEltanin (γ Dra)
Right Ascention 17h 56m Declination +51° 29'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.516 h (31.0 min)
Draco, “The Dragon” has been said to represent a number of scaly beasts. Most frequently he is considered to be Ladon, the dragon that guarded the tree that was the goal of Hercules’ eleventh labor. This tree produced golden apples and had been given to Hera as a wedding gift. Hercules’ labor was to bring some of the fruit back to King Eurystheus. In one version of the story Hercules uses one of his poison arrows to defeat the dragon.
www.underthesky.com
Draco as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1624). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Draco -15→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Draco -15 2 Draco -15 3 Draco -15 4 Draco -15 5 Draco -15 6 Draco -15 7 Draco -15 8 Draco -15 9 Draco -15 10 Draco -15 11 Draco -15 12 Draco -15 13 Draco -15 14 Draco -15 15 Draco -15 16 Draco -15 17 Draco -15 18 Draco -15 19 Draco -15 20 Draco -15 21 Draco -15 22 Draco -15 23 Draco -15 24 Draco -15 25 Draco -15 26 Draco -15 27 Draco -15 28 Draco -15 1 Chamaeleon -14 16 February 1583 17 February 1583 18 February 1583 19 February 1583 20 February 1583 21 February 1583 22 February 1583 23 February 1583 24 February 1583 25 February 1583 26 February 1583 27 February 1583 28 February 1583 1 March 1583 2 March 1583 3 March 1583 4 March 1583 5 March 1583 6 March 1583 7 March 1583 8 March 1583 9 March 1583 10 March 1583 11 March 1583 12 March 1583 13 March 1583 14 March 1583 15 March 1583 16 March 1583 17 March 1583
MS -157303 MS -157304 MS -157305 MS -157306 MS -157307 MS -157308 MS -157309 MS -157310 MS -157311 MS -157312 MS -157313 MS -157314 MS -157315 MS -157316 MS -157317 MS -157318 MS -157319 MS -157320 MS -157321 MS -157322 MS -157323 MS -157324 MS -157325 MS -157326 MS -157327 MS -157328 MS -157329 MS -157330 MS -157275 MD -161683 MD -161682 MD -161681 MD -161680 MD -161679 MD -161678 MD -161677 MD -161676 MD -161675 MD -161674 MD -161673 MD -161672 MD -161671 MD -161670 MD -161669 MD -161668 MD -161667 MD -161666 MD -161665 MD -161664 MD -161663 MD -161662 MD -161661 MD -161660 MD -161659 MD -161658 MD -161657 MD -161656 MD -161655 MD -161654