F-type star · yellow-white star

59 Dra

59 Dra is a yellow-white star in the constellation Draco 89.0 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 7,411 K, about 1.3 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 5.87× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 89 years ago.

89.0 lybrightness mag 5.11A9V

Also catalogued as HR 7312 · HD 180777 · HIP 94083 · Gliese Gl 748.1

7,411 K
temperature
5.11
apparent magnitude
5.87× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A9V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
89 years
at light speed from Earth
1.28×
as hot as the Sun
5.87×
the Sun's light output
2.93
absolute magnitude
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59 DraF-type
Sky regionDracothis direction
Star35 Dra16 ly
StarAltais17 ly
StarDziban B17 ly
StarEltaninstar
StarAthebynestar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Draco
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Draco

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.