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The Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is a complex planetary nebula formed from a dying white dwarf star. Its intricate structure, featuring layered gas shells, was initially identified through spectral analysis by William Huggins in 1864 marking an important step in understanding these celestial objects....

Thuban, designated Alpha Draconis, is a star in the constellation Draco that served as Earth's north pole star during much of the third millennium BCE. The shift occurred because of axial precession, the slow 26,000-year wobble of Earth's rotational axis, which gradually changes the position of the...

Etamin, also known as Gamma Draconis, is an orange giant star in the constellation Draco, approximately 154 light-years from Earth. It is the brightest star in Draco by apparent magnitude. Astronomer James Bradley made repeated observations of Etamin between 1725 and 1728 seeking to measure its para...

BY Draconis is a multi-star system located in the northern constellation of Draco, consisting of at least three components. The primary stars are K-type main-sequence dwarfs that serve as the prototype for the BY Draconis class of variable stars. This class is defined by brightness variations caused...

HIP 56948 is a G-type main-sequence star located approximately 200 light-years away in the northern constellation of Draco. Identified through high-resolution spectroscopic analysis, it is considered one of the closest known solar twins, exhibiting a chemical composition and temperature remarkably s...

TOI-1452 is a small red-dwarf star about 100 light-years away in the constellation Draco and a member of a widely separated binary system. It hosts TOI-1452 b, a transiting super-Earth announced in 2022 after observations by NASA's TESS mission and ground-based instruments. Measurements of the plane...

Lambda Draconis, a red giant star in the constellation Draco, whose IAU-approved proper name Giausar derives from an Arabic term, approved by the IAU Working Group on Star Names.

NGC 6742 is a faint, small planetary nebula in the constellation Draco, first catalogued by William Herschel in 1788 and considered a challenging target for amateur observers.

Kohoutek 1-16 is a faint planetary nebula in Draco, notable for its extremely hot pulsating central star, the white dwarf DS Draconis.