Astronomy/stars in draco

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Expert: Jayendra Upadhye - 10/25/2005


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How many total stars are there in Draco, and how many of those stars are Major stars? Thanks

Answer
Hi,
1 - There are 15 stars starting from Thuban, and ending with Dziban.
2 - There are only 3 stars with magnitude less than 3.0
3 - The brightest star is Etamin (mag 2.23).
4 - it has 3 double star systems, Arrakkis, Kuma and Tyl.Kuma can be seen as a double star easily thru the binoculars.
5 - it has 3 variable luminosity stars, designated names R, T and RY.
6 - Names of stars:
Thuban
Rastaban
Eltanin
Altais
Tyl
Aldhibah
Booboo
Edasich
Giausar
Arrakis
Kuma
Grumium
Alsafi
Dziban
All above names are Arabic!
[ref:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(constellation)#Table_of_leading_stars ]
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