Astronomy and Space

Chi Draconis

Chi Draconis is a binary star system in the northern constellation Draco, consisting of a pair of sun-like stars which complete an orbit around each other in 281 days. The two stars' visual apparent magnitudes are 3.6 and 5.7, making the system visible to naked eye. Located at a distance of 26.78 light-years (8.210 parsecs) from the Sun, it is one of the 200 or so closest stars.

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• ▸Kepler-11
• ▸Gamma Eridani
• ▸1971 in spaceflight

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