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1. Constellation Draco, the northern constellation, contains galaxy 102. (Web site)

Dragon

1. According to the legend, Hera later placed the dragon in the sky as the constellation Draco.

Celestial Sphere

1. The North Pole of Ecliptic is projected to the constellation Draco; this point also moves along the Celestial sphere, but very slowly (Fig. (Web site)
2. Thus, looking up at the celestial sphere, imagine a circle of 23.5 degrees radius around the ENP point, which is a fixed point in the constellation Draco. (Web site)

Celestial North Pole

1. In the days of Noah, the Celestial North Pole was in the constellation Draco. (Web site)

Earth

1. The Tadpole Galaxy is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 400 million light years from Earth toward the northern constellation Draco. (Web site)

Billion Light-Years

1. This "hefty" cluster resides in the constellation Draco, some 2 billion light-years from Earth. (Web site)
2. The cluster of galaxies Abell 2218 is itself about two billion light-years away in the northern constellation Draco.

North Star

1. In 3000 BC the faint star Thuban in the constellation Draco was the North Star.

Thuban

1. Thus in 35 000 BC, no bright star was near the NCP whereas the pyramid builders could use Thuban, in the Constellation Draco, as their north star. (Web site)

Galaxy

1. This galaxy, located in the constellation Draco is also called the Tadpole galaxy due to its appearance.
2. This galaxy is situated in the northern constellation Draco at RA 15h 06.5, Dec +55d 46' (2000.0).

Tadpole

1. The Tadpole resides about 420 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. (Web site)

Ngc 5866

1. NGC 5866 (also called the Spindle Galaxy) is a relatively bright lenticular or spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco.
2. NGC 5866 (also called the Spindle Galaxy) is a relatively bright lenticular galaxy in the constellation Draco. (Web site)
3. NGC 5866 lies in the Northern constellation Draco, at a distance of 44 million light-years (13.5 Megaparsecs).

Constellation Draco

1. Draco The Draco nebula (a soft X-ray shadow) is outlined by contours and is blue-black in this image by ROSAT of a portion of the constellation Draco.
2. Thuban, the brightest star in the constellation Draco, was the pole star while the Egyptians built the Pyramids in Egypt.
3. The ancient Egyptians regarded as pole star the star Thuban or "Alpha Draconis," the brightest star (=alpha) in the constellation Draco, the serpent. (Web site)

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