Altais (Delta Draconis)
Altais (δ Dra) is a yellow giant star located 97.8 light-years away in the northern constellation Draco. With an apparent magnitude of 3.07, it is the fourth brightest star in Draco.| Star Facts
The Dolphin Galaxy is a pair of colliding disk galaxies located approximately 401 million light years away in the northern constellation Draco. With an apparent magnitude of 14.3, the interacting galaxies are a challenging target for amateur telescopes. They are listed as NGC 6670 in the New General Catalogue. The interacting galaxy pair was nicknamed… Read More »Dolphin Galaxy (NGC 6670)| Constellation Guide
Altais (δ Dra) is a yellow giant star located 97.8 light-years away in the northern constellation Draco. With an apparent magnitude of 3.07, it is the fourth brightest star in Draco.| Star Facts
The Splinter Galaxy (NGC 5907) is a spiral galaxy located at an approximate distance of 46.5 million light-years in the constellation Draco. It is also known as the Knife Edge Galaxy.| www.constellation-guide.com
The Northern Cross is a prominent asterism formed by the brightest stars in the constellation Cygnus. It appears in a rich Milky Way field and outlines the body of the celestial Swan.| www.constellation-guide.com
Draco is one of the largest northern constellations. It represents the dragon Ladon in Greek mythology. The constellation is home to the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543), the Spindle Galaxy (M102), and the Tadpole Galaxy (Arp 188).| www.constellation-guide.com
Cygnus, the Swan, is one of the largest northern constellations. Recognizable for the Northern Cross, it is home to the bright supergiant Deneb, the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Gamma Cygni Nebula (IC 1318).| www.constellation-guide.com
The Cat’s Eye Nebula is a planetary nebula located 3,300 light-years away in the constellation Draco. Named for its intricate appearance, it was one of the first planetary nebulae to be discovered and is one of the most complex planetary nebulae known.| www.constellation-guide.com
Hercules is one of the largest constellations in the sky. Representing the mythical Greek hero, the constellation is home to the Hercules Globular Cluster (M13), the globular cluster Messier 92, and the Hercules Cluster of galaxies.| www.constellation-guide.com
Pegasus is a large constellation in the northern sky. Recognizable for the Great Square of Pegasus, the constellation represents the winged horse in Greek mythology.| www.constellation-guide.com
Ursa Major, the Great Bear, is the largest constellation in the northern sky. It is home to the Big Dipper asterism, formed by its seven brightest stars, and to many well-known deep sky objects.| www.constellation-guide.com
The list of the 300 brightest stars in the night sky, along with the stars' Bayer designations, apparent magnitudes, distances, and spectral types.| Star Facts
Greek constellations are the 48 ancient constellations listed by the Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy in his Almagest in the 2nd century CE. Most of them are associated with stories from Greek mythology.| www.constellation-guide.com
