Arabic star names / Eltanin
Eltanin
رأس التنين
Eltanin comes from the Arabic رأس التنين (Raʾs al-Tinnīn), which means “the dragon's head”. It is the 73rd-brightest star in the sky, in Draco.
- Brightness
- 2.24
- Colour
- orange
- Constellation
- Draco
- Best seen
- August evenings
- Right ascension
- 17h 57m
- Declination
- +51° 29′
The name
The brightest star in the head of Draco, the dragon coiled around the north pole.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere north of 39°S. From Riyadh it climbs to 63° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 90° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 5° above the horizon.
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