Category

Draco (constellation)

page 1

Draco thumbnail

constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

Cat's Eye Nebula thumbnail

Cat's Eye Nebula

planetary nebula in the constellation Draco

spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco

NGC 4319 thumbnail

barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco

dwarf spiral galaxy

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Draco

Kepler-10 b thumbnail

Kepler-10b is the first confirmed terrestrial planet to have been discovered outside the Solar System by the Kepler Space Telescope. Discovered after several months of data collection during the course of the NASA-directed Kepler Mission, which aims to discover Earth-like planets crossing in front of their host stars, the planet's discovery was announced on January 10, 2011. Kepler-10b has a mass of 3.72±0.42 Earth masses and a radius of 1.47 Earth radii. However, it lies extremely close to its star, Kepler-10, and as a result is too hot to support life as we know it. Its existence was confirm

Thuban thumbnail

Thuban (), with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco. A relatively inconspicuous star in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere, it is historically significant as having been the north pole star from the 4th to 2nd millennium .

star in the northern constellation of Draco

unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco

lenticular galaxy in the constellation Draco

interacting galaxy

spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco

TrES-2b (also known as Kepler-1b or GSC 03549-02811b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star GSC 03549-02811 located 750 light years away from the Solar System. The planet was identified in 2011 as the darkest known exoplanet, reflecting less than 1% of any light that hits it. Reflecting less light than charcoal, on the surface the planet is said to be pitch black, although it does emit dim red glow due to its temperature. The planet's mass and radius indicate that it is a gas giant with a bulk composition similar to that of Jupiter. Unlike Jupiter, but similar to many planets detected arou

barred spiral galaxy

galaxy in constellation draco

spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco

Kepler-10c is an exoplanet orbiting the G-type star Kepler-10, located around 608 light-years away in Draco. Its discovery was announced by the Kepler space telescope team in May 2011, although it had been seen as a planetary candidate since January 2011, when Kepler-10b was discovered. The team confirmed the observation using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and a technique called BLENDER that ruled out most false positives. Kepler-10c was the third transiting planet to be confirmed statistically (based on probability rather than actual observation), after Kepler-9d and Kepler-11g. Th

Kepler-10 thumbnail

Kepler-10, formerly known as KOI-72, is a Sun-like star in the constellation of Draco that lies from Earth. Kepler-10 was targeted by NASA's Kepler space telescope, as it was seen as the first star identified by the Kepler mission that could be a possible host to a small, transiting exoplanet. The star is slightly less massive, slightly larger, and slightly cooler than the Sun; at an estimated 11.9 billion years in age, Kepler-10 is 2.3 times the age of the Sun.

interacting galaxy

interacting galaxy

Kepler-90 thumbnail

Kepler-90, also designated 2MASS J18574403+4918185, is an F-type star located about from Earth in the constellation of Draco. It is notable for being the only confirmed planetary system with the same number of observed planets as the Solar System.

star in the constellation Draco

binary star system in the constellation Draco

spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954

astronomical object