a b o u t ;This fanlisting was created April 15, 2005.
d r a c o n i s ;Abbreviation: Dra
Genitive: Draconis
Translation: The Dragon
Visible between latitudes 90 and -15 degrees
Best seen in July (at 9:00 PM)
A quite extended constellation of the northern hemisphere. The four stars forming the dragons head (beta Dra, gamma Dra, xi Dra and nu Dra), build a conspicuous asterism called the Lozenge. Draco belongs to the few constellations which really resemble the object they were named after.
Named Stars
THUBAN (Alpha Dra), Rastaban (Beta Dra), ETAMIN (Gamma Dra), Nodus Secundus (Delta Dra), Tyl (Epsilon Dra), Aldhibah (Zeta Dra), Ed Asich (Iota Dra), Gianfar (Lambda Dra), Arrakis (Mu Dra), Kuma (Nu 2 Dra), Grumium (Xi Dra), Alsafi (Sigma Dra), & Dsiban (Psi 1 Dra).
Around 400 years ago, the star Thuban was our North Star. However, the precession of the Earth's axis changed where the North Pole points, so now Polaris is our North Star. In about 10,000 years from now, the North Star will be Vega.
Mythological History
Coming soon.
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u p d a t e s ;September 11, 2005 @ 06:48pm
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June 27, 2005 @ 11:24pm
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May 06, 2005 @ 01:21am
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April 15, 2005 @ 11:23am
Uploaded to server, created subpages & submitted finished form.
