- Stars with a name
- Altais
Altais
δ Draconis
Altais is a yellow giant like the Sun, in the constellation Draco. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1929.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never sets: it circles the pole all night, all year.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.07.
What it’s like
It gives off 46 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,800 degrees.
It is 97.4 light years away: 922 trillion kilometres.