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 -819→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Draco -819 2 Draco -819 3 Draco -819 4 Draco -819 5 Draco -819 6 Draco -819 7 Draco -819 8 Draco -819 9 Draco -819 10 Draco -819 11 Draco -819 12 Draco -819 13 Draco -819 14 Draco -819 15 Draco -819 16 Draco -819 17 Draco -819 18 Draco -819 19 Draco -819 20 Draco -819 21 Draco -819 22 Draco -819 23 Draco -819 24 Draco -819 25 Draco -819 26 Draco -819 27 Draco -819 28 Draco -819 1 Chamaeleon -818 27 June 0070 28 June 0070 29 June 0070 30 June 0070 1 July 0070 2 July 0070 3 July 0070 4 July 0070 5 July 0070 6 July 0070 7 July 0070 8 July 0070 9 July 0070 10 July 0070 11 July 0070 12 July 0070 13 July 0070 14 July 0070 15 July 0070 16 July 0070 17 July 0070 18 July 0070 19 July 0070 20 July 0070 21 July 0070 22 July 0070 23 July 0070 24 July 0070 25 July 0070
MS -694852 MS -694853 MS -694854 MS -694855 MS -694856 MS -694857 MS -694858 MS -694859 MS -694860 MS -694861 MS -694862 MS -694863 MS -694864 MS -694865 MS -694866 MS -694867 MS -694868 MS -694869 MS -694870 MS -694871 MS -694872 MS -694873 MS -694874 MS -694875 MS -694876 MS -694877 MS -694878 MS -694879 MS -694824 MD -714163 MD -714162 MD -714161 MD -714160 MD -714159 MD -714158 MD -714157 MD -714156 MD -714155 MD -714154 MD -714153 MD -714152 MD -714151 MD -714150 MD -714149 MD -714148 MD -714147 MD -714146 MD -714145 MD -714144 MD -714143 MD -714142 MD -714141 MD -714140 MD -714139 MD -714138 MD -714137 MD -714136 MD -714135