Star Chi Draconis

Binary star Chi Draconis is located 26 light years away from the Sun. It consists of a yellow-white star and a orange star. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Chi Draconis A

Yellow-White star, Spectroscopic binary

Spectral class: F7 V

Location

Right ascension: 18h 21m 3.383s

Declination: 72° 43' 58.252'' (northern hemisphere)

Parallax: 124.11

Sun distance: 26.3 ly | 8.1 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 102.9 % M Sun

Size: 120 % R Sun

Temperature: 6083 K | 1.05 T Sun

Age: 5.3 billions years | 1.15 Sun

Luminosity: 1.86 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 3.6

Absolute magnitude (V): 4

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

Chi Draconis B

Orange star, , Spectroscopic binary

Spectral class: K0 V

Basic characteristic

Mass: 74.8 % M Sun

Size: 73 % R Sun

Luminosity: 0.29 L Sun

Chi Draconis system structure

	Chi Draconis A
	Chi Draconis B

More about Chi Draconis

       Chi Draconis can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
Gliese 713, χ Dra, 44 Dra, BD+72° 839, FK5 695, Gliese 713, HD 170153, HIP 89937, HR 6927, LHS 3379, LTT 15438, SAO 9087

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