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 335→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Draco 335 2 Draco 335 3 Draco 335 4 Draco 335 5 Draco 335 6 Draco 335 7 Draco 335 8 Draco 335 9 Draco 335 10 Draco 335 11 Draco 335 12 Draco 335 13 Draco 335 14 Draco 335 15 Draco 335 16 Draco 335 17 Draco 335 18 Draco 335 19 Draco 335 20 Draco 335 21 Draco 335 22 Draco 335 23 Draco 335 24 Draco 335 25 Draco 335 26 Draco 335 27 Draco 335 28 Draco 335 1 Lupus 335 14 July 2241 15 July 2241 16 July 2241 17 July 2241 18 July 2241 19 July 2241 20 July 2241 21 July 2241 22 July 2241 23 July 2241 24 July 2241 25 July 2241 26 July 2241 27 July 2241 28 July 2241 29 July 2241 30 July 2241 31 July 2241 1 August 2241 2 August 2241 3 August 2241 4 August 2241 5 August 2241 6 August 2241 7 August 2241 8 August 2241 9 August 2241 10 August 2241 11 August 2241 12 August 2241
MS 76675 MS 76676 MS 76677 MS 76678 MS 76679 MS 76680 MS 76681 MS 76682 MS 76683 MS 76684 MS 76685 MS 76686 MS 76687 MS 76688 MS 76689 MS 76690 MS 76691 MS 76692 MS 76693 MS 76694 MS 76695 MS 76696 MS 76697 MS 76698 MS 76699 MS 76700 MS 76701 MS 76702 MS 76703 MD 78795 MD 78796 MD 78797 MD 78798 MD 78799 MD 78800 MD 78801 MD 78802 MD 78803 MD 78804 MD 78805 MD 78806 MD 78807 MD 78808 MD 78809 MD 78810 MD 78811 MD 78812 MD 78813 MD 78814 MD 78815 MD 78816 MD 78817 MD 78818 MD 78819 MD 78820 MD 78821 MD 78822 MD 78823 MD 78824