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 -470→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Draco -470 2 Draco -470 3 Draco -470 4 Draco -470 5 Draco -470 6 Draco -470 7 Draco -470 8 Draco -470 9 Draco -470 10 Draco -470 11 Draco -470 12 Draco -470 13 Draco -470 14 Draco -470 15 Draco -470 16 Draco -470 17 Draco -470 18 Draco -470 19 Draco -470 20 Draco -470 21 Draco -470 22 Draco -470 23 Draco -470 24 Draco -470 25 Draco -470 26 Draco -470 27 Draco -470 28 Draco -470 2 Chamaeleon -469 4 February 0727 5 February 0727 6 February 0727 7 February 0727 8 February 0727 9 February 0727 10 February 0727 11 February 0727 12 February 0727 13 February 0727 14 February 0727 15 February 0727 16 February 0727 17 February 0727 18 February 0727 19 February 0727 20 February 0727 21 February 0727 22 February 0727 23 February 0727 24 February 0727 25 February 0727 26 February 0727 27 February 0727 28 February 0727 1 March 0727 2 March 0727 3 March 0727 4 March 0727 5 March 0727
MS -461513 MS -461514 MS -461515 MS -461516 MS -461517 MS -461518 MS -461519 MS -461520 MS -461521 MS -461522 MS -461523 MS -461524 MS -461525 MS -461526 MS -461527 MS -461528 MS -461529 MS -461530 MS -461531 MS -461532 MS -461533 MS -461534 MS -461535 MS -461536 MS -461537 MS -461538 MS -461539 MS -461540 MS -461485 MD -474343 MD -474342 MD -474341 MD -474340 MD -474339 MD -474338 MD -474337 MD -474336 MD -474335 MD -474334 MD -474333 MD -474332 MD -474331 MD -474330 MD -474329 MD -474328 MD -474327 MD -474326 MD -474325 MD -474324 MD -474323 MD -474322 MD -474321 MD -474320 MD -474319 MD -474318 MD -474317 MD -474316 MD -474315 MD -474314