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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%A9)" title="التنين (كوكبة) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="التنين (كوكبة)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fjdaha_(b%C3%BCrc)" title="Əjdaha (bürc) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Əjdaha (bürc)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%95_(%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B2)" title="তক্ষক (তারামণ্ডল) – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="তক্ষক (তারামণ্ডল)" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thian-l%C3%AAng-ch%C5%8D" title="Thian-lêng-chō – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Thian-lêng-chō" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D2%BB%D0%B0_(%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D2%99%D0%BB%D0%BE%D2%A1)" title="Аждаһа (йондоҙлоҡ) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Аждаһа (йондоҙлоҡ)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%E2%80%99%D0%B5)" title="Дракон (сузор’е) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дракон (сузор’е)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%E2%80%99%D0%B5)" title="Цмок (сузор’е) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Цмок (сузор’е)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Дракон (съзвездие) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дракон (съзвездие)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%82%E0%BD%93%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%B4%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%90%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B" title="གནམ་འབྲུག་སྐར་ཚོམ་ – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="གནམ་འབྲུག་སྐར་ཚོམ་" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmaj_(sazvije%C5%BE%C4%91e)" title="Zmaj (sazviježđe) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zmaj (sazviježđe)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(steredeg)" title="Dragon (steredeg) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Dragon (steredeg)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constel%C2%B7laci%C3%B3_del_Drag%C3%B3" title="Constel·lació del Dragó – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Constel·lació del Dragó" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souhv%C4%9Bzd%C3%AD_Draka" title="Souhvězdí Draka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Souhvězdí Draka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(Custellazione)" title="Draco (Custellazione) – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Draco (Custellazione)" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(cytser)" title="Draco (cytser) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Draco (cytser)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragen" title="Dragen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dragen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drache_(Sternbild)" title="Drache (Sternbild) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Drache (Sternbild)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohe_(t%C3%A4htkuju)" title="Lohe (tähtkuju) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lohe (tähtkuju)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BA%CF%89%CE%BD_(%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82)" title="Δράκων (αστερισμός) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δράκων (αστερισμός)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(constelaci%C3%B3n)" title="Draco (constelación) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Draco (constelación)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drako_(konstelacio)" title="Drako (konstelacio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Drako (konstelacio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(konstelazioa)" title="Draco (konstelazioa) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Draco (konstelazioa)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%98%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7_(%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C)" title="اژدها (صورت فلکی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اژدها (صورت فلکی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(constellation)" title="Dragon (constellation) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dragon (constellation)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Dragan" title="An Dragan – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Dragan" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Dragane_(co-hollys_rollageagh)" title="Yn Dragane (co-hollys rollageagh) – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Dragane (co-hollys rollageagh)" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco" title="Draco – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Draco" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thi%C3%AAn-li%C3%B9ng-chho" title="Thiên-liùng-chho – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Thiên-liùng-chho" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%A9%EC%9E%90%EB%A6%AC" title="용자리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="용자리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%BA_(%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6)" title="Վիշապ (համաստեղություն) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիշապ (համաստեղություն)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2" title="शिशुमार तारामंडल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="शिशुमार तारामंडल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmaj_(zvije%C5%BE%C4%91e)" title="Zmaj (zviježđe) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zmaj (zviježđe)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(%C3%ACgw%C3%A8_kpakpando)" title="Draco (ìgwè kpakpando) – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Draco (ìgwè kpakpando)" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(rasi_bintang)" title="Draco (rasi bintang) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Draco (rasi bintang)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%C3%A6%D1%84%D1%85%D1%8A%D1%83%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80)" title="Кæфхъуындар (стъалыгуппар) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Кæфхъуындар (стъалыгуппар)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drekinn_(stj%C3%B6rnumerki)" title="Drekinn (stjörnumerki) – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Drekinn (stjörnumerki)" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragone_(costellazione)" title="Dragone (costellazione) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dragone (costellazione)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9F_(%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%AA_%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D)" title="דרקון (קבוצת כוכבים) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דרקון (קבוצת כוכבים)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco" title="Draco – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Draco" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="გველეშაპის თანავარსკვლავედი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გველეშაპის თანავარსკვლავედი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D2%BB%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D1%88%D0%BE%D2%9B%D0%B6%D2%B1%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B7)" title="Айдаһар (шоқжұлдыз) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Айдаһар (шоқжұлдыз)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(ranneves)" title="Draco (ranneves) – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Draco (ranneves)" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinini_(kundinyota)" title="Tinini (kundinyota) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Tinini (kundinyota)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80_(%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BF_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B7)" title="Ажыдаар (топ жылдыз) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Ажыдаар (топ жылдыз)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(constellatio)" title="Draco (constellatio) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Draco (constellatio)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%AB%C4%B7is_(zvaigzn%C4%81js)" title="Pūķis (zvaigznājs) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pūķis (zvaigznājs)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(St%C3%A4rebild)" title="Draco (Stärebild) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Draco (Stärebild)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slibinas_(%C5%BEvaig%C5%BEdynas)" title="Slibinas (žvaigždynas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Slibinas (žvaigždynas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1rk%C3%A1ny_csillagk%C3%A9p" title="Sárkány csillagkép – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sárkány csillagkép" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%98_(%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%95%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Змеј (соѕвездие) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Змеј (соѕвездие)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%82_(%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%BF)" title="വ്യാളം (നക്ഷത്രരാശി) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വ്യാളം (നക്ഷത്രരാശി)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88" title="دراكو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دراكو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_(buruj)" title="Naga (buruj) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Naga (buruj)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C4%95ng-l%E1%B9%B3%CC%80ng-c%C3%B4%CC%A4" title="Tiĕng-lṳ̀ng-cô̤ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Tiĕng-lṳ̀ng-cô̤" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%92%E1%80%9B%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF_(%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%90%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8)" title="ဒရကို (ကြယ်စုတန်း) – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဒရကို (ကြယ်စုတန်း)" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draak_(sterrenbeeld)" title="Draak (sterrenbeeld) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Draak (sterrenbeeld)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%8A%E3%82%85%E3%81%86%E5%BA%A7" title="りゅう座 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="りゅう座" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draag_(st%C3%A4%C3%A4rbil)" title="Draag (stäärbil) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Draag (stäärbil)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragen" title="Dragen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dragen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draken" title="Draken – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Draken" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drac_(constellacion)" title="Drac (constellacion) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Drac (constellacion)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajdar_(yulduzlar_turkumi)" title="Ajdar (yulduzlar turkumi) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ajdar (yulduzlar turkumi)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwiazdozbi%C3%B3r_Smoka" title="Gwiazdozbiór Smoka – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gwiazdozbiór Smoka" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco" title="Draco – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Draco" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonul_(constela%C8%9Bie)" title="Dragonul (constelație) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Dragonul (constelație)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Дракон (созвездие) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дракон (созвездие)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%B1%D3%A9%D0%BB%D3%A9%D1%85%D1%82%D3%A9%D1%80%D3%A9)" title="Дракон (сулустар бөлөхтөрө) – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Дракон (сулустар бөлөхтөрө)" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(constellation)" title="Draco (constellation) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Draco (constellation)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%DA%BE%D8%A7_(%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%BD)" title="ازدھا (آسماني نکٽ) – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="ازدھا (آسماني نکٽ)" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drak_(s%C3%BAhvezdie)" title="Drak (súhvezdie) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Drak (súhvezdie)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmaj_(ozvezdje)" title="Zmaj (ozvezdje) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Zmaj (ozvezdje)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%98_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B6%D1%92%D0%B5)" title="Змај (сазвежђе) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Змај (сазвежђе)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmaj_(zvije%C5%BE%C4%91e)" title="Zmaj (zviježđe) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Zmaj (zviježđe)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohik%C3%A4%C3%A4rme_(t%C3%A4hdist%C3%B6)" title="Lohikäärme (tähdistö) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Lohikäärme (tähdistö)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draken_(stj%C3%A4rnbild)" title="Draken (stjärnbild) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Draken (stjärnbild)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D2%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B7%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%8B" title="Аждаһа йолдызлыгы – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Аждаһа йолдызлыгы" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3" title="กลุ่มดาวมังกร – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="กลุ่มดาวมังกร" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(tak%C4%B1my%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z)" title="Draco (takımyıldız) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Draco 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Draco_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Draco (disambiguation)">Draco (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox plainlist"><caption class="infobox-title">Draco</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 110%;">Constellation</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Draco_IAU.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Draco"><img alt="Draco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Draco_IAU.svg/290px-Draco_IAU.svg.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Draco_IAU.svg/435px-Draco_IAU.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Draco_IAU.svg/580px-Draco_IAU.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="596" data-file-height="523" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Draco" title="List of stars in Draco">List of stars in Draco</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">Dra</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Genitive_case" title="Genitive case">Genitive</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Draconis</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pronunciation</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span></li> <li>genitive <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbolism</th><td class="infobox-data">the <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">Dragon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">Right ascension</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">17<sup>h</sup> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">Declination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+65°</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Quadrant</th><td class="infobox-data">NQ3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/88_modern_constellations_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="88 modern constellations by area">Area</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1083 sq. deg. (<a href="/wiki/88_modern_constellations_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="88 modern constellations by area">8th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Asterism_(astronomy)" title="Asterism (astronomy)">Main stars</a></th><td class="infobox-data">17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bayer_designation" title="Bayer designation">Bayer</a>/<a href="/wiki/Flamsteed_designation" title="Flamsteed designation">Flamsteed</a><br />stars</th><td class="infobox-data">76</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stars with <a href="/wiki/Exoplanet" title="Exoplanet">planets</a></th><td class="infobox-data">19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stars brighter than 3.00<sup>m</sup></th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly)</th><td class="infobox-data">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Brightest star</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gamma_Draconis" title="Gamma Draconis">γ Dra</a> (Eltanin) (2.24<sup><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">m</a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Messier_object" title="Messier object">Messier objects</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Meteor_shower" title="Meteor shower">Meteor showers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Draconids" title="Draconids">Draconids</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bordering<br />constellations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bo%C3%B6tes" title="Boötes">Boötes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)" title="Hercules (constellation)">Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyra" title="Lyra">Lyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cygnus_(constellation)" title="Cygnus (constellation)">Cygnus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)" title="Cepheus (constellation)">Cepheus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursa_Minor" title="Ursa Minor">Ursa Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camelopardalis" title="Camelopardalis">Camelopardalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="font-size: smaller;"><b>Visible at latitudes between +<a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">90</a>° and −<a href="/wiki/15th_parallel_south" title="15th parallel south">15</a>°.</b><br /><b>Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of <span style="font-size:120%">July</span>.</b></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Draco</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> in the far <a href="/wiki/Northern_sky" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern sky">northern sky</a>. Its name is <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a>. It was one of the 48 <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_constellations" title="Lists of constellations">constellations</a> listed by the 2nd century Greek astronomer <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>, and remains one of the 88 <a href="/wiki/Modern_constellations" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern constellations">modern constellations</a> today. The north pole of the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a> is in Draco.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Draco is <a href="/wiki/Circumpolar_star" title="Circumpolar star">circumpolar</a> from northern latitudes, meaning that it never sets and can be seen at any time of year. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draco_(constellation)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DracoCC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/DracoCC.jpg/170px-DracoCC.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/DracoCC.jpg/255px-DracoCC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/DracoCC.jpg/340px-DracoCC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>The constellation Draco as it can be seen by the naked eye</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stars">Stars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draco_(constellation)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Draco" title="List of stars in Draco">List of stars in Draco</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Thuban" title="Thuban">Thuban</a> (α Draconis) was the northern <a href="/wiki/Pole_star" title="Pole star">pole star</a> from 3942 BC, when it moved farther north than <a href="/wiki/Theta_Bo%C3%B6tis" title="Theta Boötis">Theta Boötis</a>, until 1793 BC. The <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Pyramids" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian Pyramids">Egyptian Pyramids</a> were designed to have one side facing north, with an entrance passage geometrically aligned so that Thuban would be visible at night.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStaal1988239–240_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStaal1988239–240-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the effects of <a href="/wiki/Axial_precession_(astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Axial precession (astronomy)">precession</a>, it will again be the pole star around the year AD 21000. It is a blue-white giant star of magnitude 3.7, 309 light-years from Earth. The traditional name of Alpha Draconis, Thuban, means "head of the serpent".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are three stars above magnitude 3 in Draco. The brighter of the three, and the brightest star in Draco, is <a href="/wiki/Gamma_Draconis" title="Gamma Draconis">Gamma Draconis</a>, traditionally called Etamin or Eltanin. It is an orange giant star of magnitude 2.2, 148 light-years from Earth. The <a href="/wiki/Aberration_of_starlight" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberration of starlight">aberration of starlight</a> was discovered in 1728 when <a href="/wiki/James_Bradley" title="James Bradley">James Bradley</a> observed Gamma Draconis. Nearby <a href="/wiki/Beta_Draconis" title="Beta Draconis">Beta Draconis</a>, traditionally called Rastaban, is a yellow giant star of magnitude 2.8, 362 light-years from Earth. Its name shares a meaning with Thuban, "head of the serpent".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Draco also features several interacting galaxies and galaxy clusters. One such massive cluster is Abell 2218, located at a distance of 3 billion light-years (redshift 0.171). </p><p>Draco is home to several double stars and binary stars. <a href="/wiki/Eta_Draconis" title="Eta Draconis">Eta Draconis</a> (traditionally called Athebyne<sup id="cite_ref-IAU-LSN_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAU-LSN-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a <a href="/wiki/Double_star" title="Double star">double star</a> with a yellow-hued primary of magnitude 2.8 and a white-hued secondary of magnitude 8.2 located south of the primary. The two are separated by 4.8 <a href="/wiki/Arcsecond" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcsecond">arcseconds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-French_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-French-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mu_Draconis" title="Mu Draconis">Mu Draconis</a>, traditionally called Alrakis, is a <a href="/wiki/Binary_star" title="Binary star">binary star</a> with two white components. Magnitude 5.6 and 5.7, the two components orbit each other every 670 years. The Alrakis system is 88 light-years from Earth. <a href="/wiki/Nu_Draconis" title="Nu Draconis">Nu Draconis</a> is a similar binary star with two white components, 100 light-years from Earth. Both components are of magnitude 4.9 and can be distinguished in a small amateur telescope or a pair of binoculars. <a href="/wiki/Omicron_Draconis" title="Omicron Draconis">Omicron Draconis</a> is a double star divisible in small telescopes. The primary is an orange giant of magnitude 4.6, 322 light-years from Earth. The secondary is of magnitude 7.8. <a href="/wiki/Psi_Draconis" title="Psi Draconis">Psi Draconis</a> (traditionally called Dziban<sup id="cite_ref-IAU-LSN_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAU-LSN-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a binary star divisible in binoculars and small amateur telescopes, 72 light-years from Earth. The primary is a yellow-white star of magnitude 4.6 and the secondary is a yellow star of magnitude 5.8. <a href="/w/index.php?title=16_Draconis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="16 Draconis (page does not exist)">16 Draconis</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=17_Draconis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="17 Draconis (page does not exist)">17 Draconis</a> are part of a triple star 400 light-years from Earth, visible in medium-sized amateur telescopes. The primary, a blue-white star of magnitude 5.1, is itself a binary with components of magnitude 5.4 and 6.5. The secondary is of magnitude 5.5 and the system is 400 light-years away.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=20_Draconis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="20 Draconis (page does not exist)">20 Draconis</a> is a binary star with a white-hued primary of magnitude 7.1 and a yellow-hued secondary of magnitude 7.3 located east-northeast of the primary. The two are separated by 1.2 arcseconds at their maximum and have an orbital period of 420 years. As of 2012, the two components are approaching their maximum separation.<sup id="cite_ref-French_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-French-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/39_Draconis" title="39 Draconis">39 Draconis</a> is a triple star 188 light-years from Earth, divisible in small amateur telescopes. The primary is a blue star of magnitude 5.0, the secondary is a yellow star of magnitude 7.4, and the tertiary is a star of magnitude 8.0; the tertiary appears to be a close companion to the primary. <a href="/w/index.php?title=40_Draconis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="40 Draconis (page does not exist)">40 Draconis</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=41_Draconis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="41 Draconis (page does not exist)">41 Draconis</a> are a binary star divisible in small telescopes. The two orange dwarf stars are 170 light-years from Earth and are of magnitude 5.7 and 6.1.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=R_Draconis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R Draconis (page does not exist)">R Draconis</a> is a red <a href="/wiki/Mira_variable" title="Mira variable">Mira-type variable star</a> with a period of about 8 months. Its average minimum magnitude is approximately 12.4, and its average maximum magnitude is approximately 7.6. It was discovered to be a variable star by <a href="/wiki/Hans_Geelmuyden" title="Hans Geelmuyden">Hans Geelmuyden</a> in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-MacRobert_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacRobert-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The constellation contains the star recently named <a href="/wiki/Kepler-10" title="Kepler-10">Kepler-10</a>, which has been confirmed to be orbited by <a href="/wiki/Kepler-10b" title="Kepler-10b">Kepler-10b</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deep-sky_objects">Deep-sky objects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draco_(constellation)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Deep-sky objects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the <a href="/wiki/Deep-sky_object" title="Deep-sky object">deep-sky objects</a> in Draco is the <a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_Eye_Nebula" title="Cat's Eye Nebula">Cat's Eye Nebula</a> (NGC 6543), a <a href="/wiki/Planetary_nebula" title="Planetary nebula">planetary nebula</a> approximately 3,000 light-years away that was discovered by English astronomer <a href="/wiki/William_Herschel" title="William Herschel">William Herschel</a> in 1786.<sup id="cite_ref-French_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-French-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is 9th magnitude and was named for its appearance in the <a href="/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" title="Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a>, though it appears as a fuzzy blue-green disk in an amateur telescope.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001142–143-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NGC 6543 has a very complex shape due to gravitational interactions between the components of the <a href="/wiki/Multiple_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiple star">multiple star</a> at its center, the progenitor of the nebula approximately 1,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilkinsDunn2006_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilkinsDunn2006-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located 9.6 <a href="/wiki/Arcminute" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcminute">arcminutes</a> away from the <a href="/wiki/North_ecliptic_pole" class="mw-redirect" title="North ecliptic pole">north ecliptic pole</a> to the west-northwest. It is also related to <a href="/wiki/IC_4677" class="mw-redirect" title="IC 4677">IC 4677</a>, a nebula that appears as a bar 1.8 arcminutes to the west of the Cat's Eye nebula. In long-term exposures, IC 4677 appears as a portion of a ring surrounding the planetary nebula.<sup id="cite_ref-French_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-French-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> There are several faint <a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">galaxies</a> in Draco, one of which is the <a href="/wiki/Lenticular_galaxy" title="Lenticular galaxy">lenticular galaxy</a> <a href="/wiki/NGC_5866" title="NGC 5866">NGC 5866</a> (sometimes considered to be <a href="/wiki/Messier_Object_102" class="mw-redirect" title="Messier Object 102">Messier Object 102</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-m102dseds_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-m102dseds-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that bears its name to a small <a href="/wiki/NGC_5866_group" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 5866 group">group</a> that also includes the spiral galaxies <a href="/wiki/NGC_5879" title="NGC 5879">NGC 5879</a> and <a href="/wiki/NGC_5907" title="NGC 5907">NGC 5907</a>. Another is the <a href="/wiki/Draco_Dwarf_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Draco Dwarf Galaxy">Draco Dwarf Galaxy</a>, one of the least luminous galaxies with an <a href="/wiki/Absolute_magnitude" title="Absolute magnitude">absolute magnitude</a> of −8.6 and a diameter of only about 3,500 <a href="/wiki/Light_year" class="mw-redirect" title="Light year">light years</a>, discovered by Albert G. Wilson of <a href="/wiki/Lowell_Observatory" title="Lowell Observatory">Lowell Observatory</a> in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson1955_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson1955-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another dwarf galaxy found in this constellation is <a href="/wiki/PGC_39058" title="PGC 39058">PGC 39058</a>. </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PGC_39058.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/PGC_39058.jpg/220px-PGC_39058.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/PGC_39058.jpg/330px-PGC_39058.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/PGC_39058.jpg/440px-PGC_39058.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2483" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/PGC_39058" title="PGC 39058">PGC 39058</a>, a dwarf galaxy found within the Draco constellation – picture taken by ESA/Hubble & NASA.</figcaption></figure> <p>Draco also features several <a href="/wiki/Interacting_galaxy" title="Interacting galaxy">interacting galaxies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galaxy_cluster" title="Galaxy cluster">galaxy clusters</a>. One such massive cluster is <a href="/wiki/Abell_2218" title="Abell 2218">Abell 2218</a>, located at a distance of 3 billion light-years (<a href="/wiki/Redshift" title="Redshift">redshift</a> 0.171). It acts as a <a href="/wiki/Gravitational_lensing" class="mw-redirect" title="Gravitational lensing">gravitational lens</a> for even more distant background galaxies, allowing astronomers to study those galaxies as well as Abell 2218 itself; more specifically, the lensing effect allows astronomers to confirm the cluster's mass as determined by <a href="/wiki/X-ray" title="X-ray">x-ray</a> emissions. One of the most well-known <a href="/wiki/Interacting_galaxy" title="Interacting galaxy">interacting galaxies</a> is <a href="/wiki/Arp_188" class="mw-redirect" title="Arp 188">Arp 188</a>, also called the "Tadpole Galaxy". Named for its appearance, which features a "tail" of stars 280,000 light-years long, the Tadpole Galaxy is at a distance of 420 million light-years (redshift 0.0314). The tail of stars drawn off the Tadpole Galaxy appears blue because the gravitational interaction disturbed <a href="/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">clouds of gas</a> and sparked <a href="/wiki/Star_formation" title="Star formation">star formation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilkinsDunn2006_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilkinsDunn2006-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Q1634%2B706&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Q1634+706 (page does not exist)">Q1634+706</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Quasar" title="Quasar">quasar</a> that holds the distinction of being the most distant object usually visible in an amateur telescope. At magnitude 14.4, it appears star-like, though it is at a distance of 12.9 billion light-years. The light of Q1634+706 has taken 8.6 billion years to reach Earth, a discrepancy attributable to the <a href="/wiki/Expansion_of_the_universe" title="Expansion of the universe">expansion of the universe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-French_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-French-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Hercules%E2%80%93Corona_Borealis_Great_Wall" title="Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall">Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall</a>, possibly the largest known structure in the universe, covers a part of the southern region of Draco. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mythology">Mythology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draco_(constellation)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Draco_and_Ursa_Minor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Draco_and_Ursa_Minor.jpg/220px-Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Draco_and_Ursa_Minor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Draco_and_Ursa_Minor.jpg/330px-Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Draco_and_Ursa_Minor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Draco_and_Ursa_Minor.jpg/440px-Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Draco_and_Ursa_Minor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2524" data-file-height="3593" /></a><figcaption>Draco coils around the north celestial pole, as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1825</span></figcaption></figure> <p><i>Draco</i> (also known as <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ὄφις</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Ophis</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'serpent')<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoutsikas2011307_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoutsikas2011307-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is one of the 48 constellations listed in Ptolemy's <i><a href="/wiki/Almagest" title="Almagest">Almagest</a></i> (2nd century), adopted from the list by <a href="/wiki/Eudoxus_of_Cnidus" title="Eudoxus of Cnidus">Eudoxus of Cnidus</a> (4th century BC).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Draco was identified with several different <a href="/wiki/Dragons_in_Greek_mythology" title="Dragons in Greek mythology">dragons in Greek mythology</a>. <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus" title="Gaius Julius Hyginus">Gaius Julius Hyginus</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/De_Astronomica" class="mw-redirect" title="De Astronomica">De Astronomica</a></i> reports that it was one of the <a href="/wiki/Gigantes" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigantes">Gigantes</a>, who battled the Olympian gods for ten years in the <a href="/wiki/Gigantomachy" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigantomachy">Gigantomachy</a>, before the goddess <a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a> killed it and tossed it into the sky upon his defeat. As Athena threw the dragon, it became twisted on itself and froze at the cold <a href="/wiki/North_celestial_pole" class="mw-redirect" title="North celestial pole">north celestial pole</a> before it could right itself.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStaal1988237_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStaal1988237-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aelius_Aristides" title="Aelius Aristides">Aelius Aristides</a> names him <a href="/wiki/Giants_(Greek_mythology)" title="Giants (Greek mythology)">Aster</a> or <a href="/wiki/Asterius_(mythology)" title="Asterius (mythology)">Asterius</a> ('star' or 'starry') and says that <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>' <a href="/wiki/Great_Panathenaea" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Panathenaea">Great Panathenaea</a> festival celebrated Athena's victory over him.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoutsikas2011307–308_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoutsikas2011307–308-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The festival coincided with the <a href="/wiki/Culmination" title="Culmination">culmination</a> of the constellation's head as seen from the <a href="/wiki/Athenian_Acropolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Athenian Acropolis">Athenian Acropolis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoutsikas2011307–308_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoutsikas2011307–308-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Catasterismi" title="Catasterismi">Catasterismi</a></i> attributed to <a href="/wiki/Eratosthenes" title="Eratosthenes">Eratosthenes</a> identify Draco as <a href="/wiki/Dragons_in_Greek_mythology" title="Dragons in Greek mythology">Ladon</a>, the dragon who guarded the golden apples of the <a href="/wiki/Hesperides#The_Garden_of_the_Hesperides" title="Hesperides">Hesperides</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStaal1988237_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStaal1988237-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a> was tasked with stealing the golden apples during his <a href="/wiki/Labors_of_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="Labors of Hercules">twelve labors</a>, he killed Ladon and <a href="/wiki/Hera" title="Hera">Hera</a> transformed Ladon into a constellation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoutsikas2011308_n._14_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoutsikas2011308_n._14-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the sky, <a href="/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)" title="Hercules (constellation)">Hercules</a> is depicted with one foot on the head of Draco.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes, Draco is represented as the monstrous son of <a href="/wiki/Gaia_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaia (mythology)">Gaia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Typhon" title="Typhon">Typhon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStaal1988237_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStaal1988237-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Traditional Arabic astronomy does not depict a dragon in modern-day Draco, which is called the <a href="/wiki/Mother_Camels" title="Mother Camels">Mother Camels</a>. Instead, two <a href="/wiki/Hyena" title="Hyena">hyenas</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Eta_Draconis" title="Eta Draconis">Eta Draconis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zeta_Draconis" title="Zeta Draconis">Zeta Draconis</a> are seen attacking a baby camel (a dim star near <a href="/wiki/Beta_Draconis" title="Beta Draconis">Beta Draconis</a>), which is protected by four female camels, represented by <a href="/wiki/Beta_Draconis" title="Beta Draconis">Beta Draconis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gamma_Draconis" title="Gamma Draconis">Gamma Draconis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nu_Draconis" title="Nu Draconis">Nu Draconis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Xi_Draconis" title="Xi Draconis">Xi Draconis</a>. The nomads who own the camels are camped nearby, represented by a cooking tripod composed of <a href="/wiki/Upsilon_Draconis" title="Upsilon Draconis">Upsilon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tau_Draconis" title="Tau Draconis">Tau</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sigma_Draconis" title="Sigma Draconis">Sigma Draconis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStaal1988239_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStaal1988239-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However Arabic astronomers also knew of the Greek interpretation of the constellation, referring to it in <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> as <i>At-Tinnin</i> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">التنين</span></span>, 'the dragon'), which is the source of the formal name of Gamma Draconis, Eltanin, from <i>raʾs al-tinnīn</i> ('the head of the dragon').<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meteor_showers">Meteor showers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draco_(constellation)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Meteor showers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The October <a href="/wiki/Draconids" title="Draconids">Draconids</a>, also called Giacobinids, is a <a href="/wiki/Meteor_shower" title="Meteor shower">meteor shower</a> associated with the periodic comet <a href="/wiki/21P/Giacobini-Zinner" class="mw-redirect" title="21P/Giacobini-Zinner">21P/Giacobini-Zinner</a>. The shower peaks on 8 October and it has experienced storms in 1933 and 1946, when the <a href="/wiki/Zenithal_hourly_rate" title="Zenithal hourly rate">zenithal hourly rate</a> (ZHR) was up to 10,000 meteors per hour.<sup id="cite_ref-JenniskensDra_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenniskensDra-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further outbursts were observed in 1985, 1998,<sup id="cite_ref-JenniskensDra_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenniskensDra-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2011. During the 2011 outburst, ZHR reached 400 meteors/hour, however it was largely unnoticed visually due to interference by the bright Moon.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/w/index.php?title=February_Eta_Draconids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="February Eta Draconids (page does not exist)">February Eta Draconids</a> is a meteor shower that was discovered on February 4, 2011. Observers noted six meteors with a common <a href="/wiki/Radiant_(meteor_shower)" title="Radiant (meteor shower)">radiant</a> in a short period. Its parent is a previously unknown <a href="/wiki/Long-period_comet" class="mw-redirect" title="Long-period comet">long-period comet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namesakes">Namesakes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draco_(constellation)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Namesakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/USS_Draco_(AK-79)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Draco (AK-79)"><i>Draco</i></a> was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Crater_class_cargo_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Crater class cargo ship">Crater class cargo ship</a> named after the constellation. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The main character in the 1996 film <i><a href="/wiki/Dragonheart" title="Dragonheart">Dragonheart</a></i> gets his name from this constellation. The film also reveals that Draco is actually a dragon heaven, where dragons go when their time in this world is complete, if they have upheld the oath of an ancient dragon to guard mankind, with dragons otherwise fading into nothing upon their deaths. At the conclusion of the film, Draco, the last dragon, ascends into the constellation after he sacrifices himself to destroy an evil king.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation">Dragon Variation</a> of the Sicilian Defense chess opening was also named after the constellation by Russian chess master <a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Dus-Chotimirsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Fyodor Dus-Chotimirsky">Fyodor Dus-Chotimirsky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Draco_Malfoy" title="Draco Malfoy">Draco Malfoy</a>, an antagonist in the <a href="/wiki/Harry_Potter" title="Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a> series, is named after the constellation as well.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draco_(constellation)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3C_319" title="3C 319">3C 319</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draco_(Chinese_astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draco (Chinese astronomy)">Draco (Chinese astronomy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draco_Supercluster" title="Draco Supercluster">Draco Supercluster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_star_names_in_Draco" title="List of the star names in Draco">List of the star names in Draco</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Draco_(constellation)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Draconis">ω</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Flamsteed_designation" title="Flamsteed designation">Flamsteed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6_Draconis" title="6 Draconis">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Draconis" title="7 Draconis">7 (Tianyi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8_Draconis" title="8 Draconis">8 (Taiyi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Draconis" title="10 Draconis">10 (i)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15_Draconis" title="15 Draconis">15 (A)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18_Draconis" title="18 Draconis">18 (g)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19_Draconis" title="19 Draconis">19 (h)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26_Draconis" title="26 Draconis">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36_Draconis" title="36 Draconis">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39_Draconis" title="39 Draconis">39 (b)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42_Draconis" title="42 Draconis">42 (Fafnir)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45_Draconis" title="45 Draconis">45 (d)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64_Draconis" title="64 Draconis">64 (e)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68_Draconis" title="68 Draconis">68</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Variable_star_designation" class="mw-redirect" title="Variable star designation">Variable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_139319" title="HD 139319">TW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AG_Draconis" title="AG Draconis">AG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BY_Draconis" title="BY Draconis">BY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CL_Draconis" title="CL Draconis">CL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CM_Draconis" title="CM Draconis">CM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CX_Draconis" title="CX Draconis">CX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DO_Draconis" class="mw-redirect" title="DO Draconis">DO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GSC_03549-02811" title="GSC 03549-02811">V581</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Bright_Star_Catalogue" title="Bright Star Catalogue">HR</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_81817" title="HD 81817">3751</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_91190" title="HD 91190">4126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_113337" title="HD 113337">4934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_139357" title="HD 139357">5811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_151613" title="HD 151613">6237</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alruba" title="Alruba">6618 (Alruba)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_167042" title="HD 167042">6817</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_175535" title="HD 175535">7137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_193664" title="HD 193664">7783</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Draper_Catalogue" title="Henry Draper Catalogue">HD</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HIP_56948" title="HIP 56948">101364</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_156279" title="HD 156279">156279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_158259" title="HD 158259">158259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_176693" title="HD 176693">176693</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_191939" title="HD 191939">191939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2MASS_1237%2B6526" title="2MASS 1237+6526">2MASS 1237+6526</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2MASS_J17554042%2B6551277" class="mw-redirect" title="2MASS J17554042+6551277">2MASS J17554042+6551277</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_240-72" title="G 240-72">G 240-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GD_356" title="GD 356">GD 356</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_420" class="mw-redirect" title="Gliese 420">Gliese 420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_625" title="Gliese 625">Gliese 625</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_687" title="Gliese 687">Gliese 687</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GRW_%2B70_8247" title="GRW +70 8247">GRW +70 8247</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-4" title="Kepler-4">Kepler-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-10" title="Kepler-10">Kepler-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-12" title="Kepler-12">Kepler-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-90" title="Kepler-90">Kepler-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-296" title="Kepler-296">Kepler-296</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LP_71-82" title="LP 71-82">LP 71-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar-1" title="Qatar-1">Qatar-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Struve_2398" title="Struve 2398">Struve 2398</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-1136" title="TOI-1136">TOI-1136</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WISEPA_J164715.59%2B563208.2" class="mw-redirect" title="WISEPA J164715.59+563208.2">WISE 1647+5632</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Exoplanets" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Exoplanet" title="Exoplanet">Exoplanets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/42_Draconis_b" title="42 Draconis b">Orbitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_139357_b" title="HD 139357 b">HD 139357 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_167042_b" title="HD 167042 b">HD 167042 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iota_Draconis_b" title="Iota Draconis b">Hypatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-4b" title="Kepler-4b">Kepler-4b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-10b" title="Kepler-10b">Kepler-10b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-10c" title="Kepler-10c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-12b" title="Kepler-12b">Kepler-12b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-90e" title="Kepler-90e">Kepler-90e</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-90f" title="Kepler-90f">f</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-90g" title="Kepler-90g">g</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-90h" title="Kepler-90h">h</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-90i" title="Kepler-90i">i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TOI-1452_b" title="TOI-1452 b">TOI-1452 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TrES-2b" title="TrES-2b">TrES-2b</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Star_clusters" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Star_cluster" title="Star cluster">Star clusters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LAMOST_1" title="LAMOST 1">LAMOST 1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Nebulae" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">Nebulae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6742" title="NGC 6742">Abell 50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat%27s_Eye_Nebula" title="Cat's Eye Nebula">Cat's Eye Nebula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:55px"><a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">Galaxies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">NGC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3147" title="NGC 3147">3147</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4121" title="NGC 4121">4121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4125" title="NGC 4125">4125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4236" title="NGC 4236">4236</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4319" title="NGC 4319">4319</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4345" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 4345">4345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4513" title="NGC 4513">4513</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4589" title="NGC 4589">4589</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5678" title="NGC 5678">5678</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5777" title="NGC 5777">5777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5866" title="NGC 5866">5866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5866B" title="NGC 5866B">5866B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5879" title="NGC 5879">5879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5906" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 5906">5906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5907" title="NGC 5907">5907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5949" title="NGC 5949">5949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5963" title="NGC 5963">5963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5965" title="NGC 5965">5965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5982" title="NGC 5982">5982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5985" title="NGC 5985">5985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6090" title="NGC 6090">6090</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6248" title="NGC 6248">6248</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6285" title="NGC 6285">6285</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6286" title="NGC 6286">6286</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6338" title="NGC 6338">6338</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6340" title="NGC 6340">6340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6365" title="NGC 6365">6365</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6373" title="NGC 6373">6373</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6394" title="NGC 6394">6394</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6412" title="NGC 6412">6412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6503" title="NGC 6503">6503</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6566" title="NGC 6566">6566</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6621" title="NGC 6621">6621</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6622" title="NGC 6622">6622</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6670" title="NGC 6670">6670</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6676" title="NGC 6676">6676</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6786" title="NGC 6786">6786</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_6789" title="NGC 6789">6789</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px">Other</th><td 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1803+784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S5_2007%2B777" title="S5 2007+777">S5 2007+777</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UGC_9391" title="UGC 9391">UGC 9391</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Galaxy_clusters" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_cluster" title="Galaxy cluster">Galaxy clusters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abell_2218" title="Abell 2218">Abell 2218</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CL1358%2B62" title="CL1358+62">CL1358+62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draco_Supercluster" title="Draco Supercluster">Draco Supercluster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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title="IAU designated constellations">88 modern constellations</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(constellation)" title="Andromeda (constellation)">Andromeda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antlia" title="Antlia">Antlia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apus" title="Apus">Apus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(constellation)" title="Aquarius (constellation)">Aquarius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquila_(constellation)" title="Aquila (constellation)">Aquila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ara_(constellation)" title="Ara (constellation)">Ara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aries_(constellation)" title="Aries (constellation)">Aries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auriga" title="Auriga">Auriga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo%C3%B6tes" title="Boötes">Boötes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caelum" title="Caelum">Caelum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camelopardalis" title="Camelopardalis">Camelopardalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cancer_(constellation)" title="Cancer (constellation)">Cancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canes_Venatici" title="Canes Venatici">Canes Venatici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canis_Major" title="Canis Major">Canis Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canis_Minor" title="Canis Minor">Canis Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carina_(constellation)" title="Carina (constellation)">Carina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation)" title="Cassiopeia (constellation)">Cassiopeia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaurus" title="Centaurus">Centaurus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)" title="Cepheus (constellation)">Cepheus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus">Cetus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamaeleon" title="Chamaeleon">Chamaeleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circinus" title="Circinus">Circinus</a></li> <li><a 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title="Auriga">Auriga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo%C3%B6tes" title="Boötes">Boötes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cancer_(constellation)" title="Cancer (constellation)">Cancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canis_Major" title="Canis Major">Canis Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canis_Minor" title="Canis Minor">Canis Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation)" title="Cassiopeia (constellation)">Cassiopeia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaurus" title="Centaurus">Centaurus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)" title="Cepheus (constellation)">Cepheus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus">Cetus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corona_Australis" title="Corona Australis">Corona Australis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corona_Borealis" title="Corona Borealis">Corona Borealis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corvus_(constellation)" title="Corvus (constellation)">Corvus</a></li> <li><a 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title="Grus (constellation)">Grus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrus" title="Hydrus">Hydrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indus_(constellation)" title="Indus (constellation)">Indus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musca" title="Musca">Musca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavo_(constellation)" title="Pavo (constellation)">Pavo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(constellation)" title="Phoenix (constellation)">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucana" title="Tucana">Tucana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volans" title="Volans">Volans</a></li> <li><i>Plancius</i> 1613: <a href="/wiki/Camelopardalis" title="Camelopardalis">Camelopardalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columba_(constellation)" title="Columba (constellation)">Columba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monoceros" title="Monoceros">Monoceros</a></li> <li><i>Habrecht</i> 1621: <a href="/wiki/Reticulum" title="Reticulum">Reticulum</a></li> <li><i>Hevelius</i> 1683: <a href="/wiki/Canes_Venatici" title="Canes Venatici">Canes Venatici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacerta" title="Lacerta">Lacerta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Minor" title="Leo Minor">Leo Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynx_(constellation)" title="Lynx (constellation)">Lynx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scutum_(constellation)" title="Scutum (constellation)">Scutum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sextans" title="Sextans">Sextans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vulpecula" title="Vulpecula">Vulpecula</a></li> <li><i>de Lacaille</i> 1763: <a href="/wiki/Antlia" title="Antlia">Antlia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caelum" title="Caelum">Caelum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carina_(constellation)" title="Carina (constellation)">Carina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circinus" title="Circinus">Circinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fornax" title="Fornax">Fornax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horologium_(constellation)" title="Horologium (constellation)">Horologium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mensa_(constellation)" title="Mensa (constellation)">Mensa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microscopium" title="Microscopium">Microscopium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_(constellation)" title="Norma (constellation)">Norma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octans" title="Octans">Octans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictor" title="Pictor">Pictor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puppis" title="Puppis">Puppis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyxis" title="Pyxis">Pyxis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculptor_(constellation)" title="Sculptor (constellation)">Sculptor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telescopium" title="Telescopium">Telescopium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vela_(constellation)" title="Vela (constellation)">Vela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #ddf;"><div class="navbar 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href="/wiki/Anguilla_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anguilla (constellation)">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anser_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anser (constellation)">Anser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antinous_(constellation)" title="Antinous (constellation)">Antinous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apes_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apes (constellation)">Apes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aranea_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aranea (constellation)">Aranea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argo_Navis" title="Argo Navis">Argo Navis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asterion_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asterion (constellation)">Asterion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bufo_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bufo (constellation)">Bufo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cancer_Minor" title="Cancer Minor">Cancer Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerberus_(constellation)" title="Cerberus (constellation)">Cerberus</a></li> <li><a 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