Draco

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Draco is a faint northern constellation named after the Latin word for "dragon," winding between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in the night sky.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Draco canonical 21

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation ⓘ
northern constellation ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees 1083 ⓘ
associatedMythology Greek mythology ⓘ
bordersConstellation Bootes ⓘ
Camelopardalis ⓘ
Cepheus ⓘ
Corona Borealis ⓘ
Cygnus ⓘ
Hercules ⓘ
Lynx ⓘ
Lyra ⓘ
Ursa Major ⓘ
Ursa Minor ⓘ
brightestStar Eltanin ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude about 2.2 ⓘ
brightestStarDesignation Gamma Draconis ⓘ
CatsEyeNebulaDesignation NGC 6543 ⓘ
circumpolarFromLatitude mid-northern latitudes ⓘ
containsDeepSkyObject Cat's Eye Nebula ⓘ
Draco Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
NGC 5866 ⓘ
NGC 5907 ⓘ
containsMessierObject M101 (historically misattributed) ⓘ
linked to: Messier 101

M102 ⓘ
containsNorthEclipticPole true ⓘ
declinationRange about +47° to +86° ⓘ
DracoDwarfGalaxyType spheroidal dwarf galaxy ⓘ
etymology Latin word for "dragon" ⓘ
IAUAbbreviation Dra ⓘ
IAUConstellationFamily Ursa Major family ⓘ
IAUGenitive Draconis ⓘ
LadonRole dragon guarding the golden apples of the Hesperides ⓘ
liesBetween Ursa Major ⓘ
Ursa Minor ⓘ
listedBy Ptolemy ⓘ
listedInWork Almagest ⓘ
locatedInSkyRegion northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
meaning dragon ⓘ
mythologicalFigure Ladon ⓘ
nameLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableStar Rastaban ⓘ
Thuban ⓘ
numberOfMainStars about 14 ⓘ
rankByArea 8 ⓘ
RastabanDesignation Beta Draconis ⓘ
rightAscensionRange about 11h to 20h ⓘ
ThubanDesignation Alpha Draconis ⓘ
ThubanHistoricalRole former north pole star ⓘ
ThubanPoleStarEpoch around 2700 BCE ⓘ
visibleFromLatitudeRange +90° to −15° approximately ⓘ
visibleInSeason northern autumn ⓘ
northern spring ⓘ
northern summer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.