Gamma Draconis

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4997. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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Sometimes known by its ancient name Eltanin (or Etamin), the `Head of the Dragon', from its description in the revision of Ptolemy's Syntaxis published by Ulugh Beigh in the fifteenth century. The star has an apparent magnitude of 2.24 and is of spectral type K5III. At a distance of 148 light-years, it has a parallax of 0.022'' and an absolute magnitude of -1.0....

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