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Draco
The Dragon
Genitive
  Draconis
Abbreviation
  Dra
Right Ascension
  9h18 to 21h00
Declination
  +47° 42' to +86° 0'
Area (sq deg)
  1,083
Brightest Star
  Etamin
Optimum Visibility
  June
  Usually visible from
  northern latitudes
 This large constellation occupies a significant area of the northern sky. Being somewhat lacking in bright stars, though, it is rather less prominent than some of its neighbours.

Map of Draco
Relative Galactic Position of Draco
The northern constellation of Draco is immense - the eighth largest in the entire sky. It is not surprising, then, that it should contain a broad sweep of the matter within the Milky Way Galaxy, though most of its contents lie outside the plane of the Galaxy itself.
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