Kappa Draconis is a blue giant star located in the constellation Draco. Its rarely used traditional name Ketu, meaning the Dragon's Tail, refers to the south lunar node according to the Vedic/Hindu lunar cycle. At an apparent magnitude of 3.88, it is barely visible to the naked eye when artificial lighting from cities is present. Nevertheless, it is a powerful star, approximately five time as massive as the Sun. It is approximately 490 light-years away, and is 1,400 times brighter than the Sun.

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  • Kappa Draconis is a blue giant star located in the constellation Draco. Its rarely used traditional name Ketu, meaning the Dragon's Tail, refers to the south lunar node according to the Vedic/Hindu lunar cycle. At an apparent magnitude of 3.88, it is barely visible to the naked eye when artificial lighting from cities is present. Nevertheless, it is a powerful star, approximately five time as massive as the Sun. It is approximately 490 light-years away, and is 1,400 times brighter than the Sun. Kappa is thought to be just entering its red giant phase, having exhausted the supply of hydrogen in its core. Over the next several thousand years, the star will expand, becoming more powerful but with a much cooler surface temperature. Tens of thousands of years from now, Kappa Draconis will appear much brighter, likely shining with a reddish hue. The star is currently located at declination 69° 47' 18" North (RA 12h 33m 29.0s), but due to the effects of precession, Kappa Draconis was the nearest star to the North Celestial Pole visible to the naked eye from 1793 BC to approximately 1000 BC. However, because it is so much dimmer than nearby Kochab, Kochab was considered the pole star during that time instead.
  • Kappa Draconis (κ Dra / 5 Draconis / HD 109387) es una estrella de la constelación de Draco de magnitud aparente +3,88. Está situada a 498 años luz del Sistema Solar. Forma una doble óptica con 6 Draconis, visualmente a 15 minutos de arco, de la que la separan unos 30 años luz. Kappa Draconis está catalogada como una gigante azul de tipo espectral B6IIIpe con una temperatura de 14.000 K. La e indica emisiones a ciertas longitudes de onda en su espectro, ya que Kappa Draconis es una estrella Be rodeada de un disco en rotación que ella misma ha creado. Asimismo, está clasificada como "estrella de caparazón", que implica que el grueso disco está aproximadamente dispuesto según la línea de visión. La presencia de un disco de estas características siempre está asociado a una alta velocidad de rotación: la velocidad de rotación ecuatorial de Kappa Draconis puede ser superior a 250 km/s. La luminosidad de Kappa Draconis es 1400 veces mayor que la del Sol, y su radio es 6,4 veces mayor que el radio solar. Dentro de los próximos 500.000 años, Kappa Draconis evolucionará hacia una gigante roja y su brillo será el doble que el actual. Existe evidencia espectroscópica de que Kappa Draconis puede ser una estrella binaria con un período orbital de 0,89 días; sin embargo, la posible acompañante ha sido cuestionada, ya que las variaciones pueden ser debidas a la propia rotación de la estrella.
  • 天龍座κ星是一顆位於天龍座的藍巨星,他的固有名稱是Ketu,意思是龍尾,但卻很少被使用。在吠陀(古印度的星占學)的月球週期中是月球最南的結點。 在城市燈光下,視星等3.88等的天龍座κ星幾乎無法用裸眼直接看見,但無論如何,他還是一顆很有份量的恆星,質量大約是太陽的5倍,真實的亮度是1,400倍,只因為距離地球490光年遠而只是勉強可見並顯得昏暗。 天龍座κ星目前可能正進入紅巨星的階段,在核心 氫的供應正在枯竭。在未來的數千年中,這顆星將開始膨脹,從地球看會變得更為明亮,但因表面溫度更低而更偏紅。 現在這顆星的位置在赤緯+69°47'18",赤經123329.0(曆元J2000.0),但因歲差變化,約西元前1,793年至西元前1,000年之間,他是肉眼能見的最靠近北極的恆星。不過因為他的光度過於黯淡,當時的北極星頭銜被帝星(小熊座β)所取代。
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  • Kappa Draconis is a blue giant star located in the constellation Draco. Its rarely used traditional name Ketu, meaning the Dragon's Tail, refers to the south lunar node according to the Vedic/Hindu lunar cycle. At an apparent magnitude of 3.88, it is barely visible to the naked eye when artificial lighting from cities is present. Nevertheless, it is a powerful star, approximately five time as massive as the Sun. It is approximately 490 light-years away, and is 1,400 times brighter than the Sun.
  • Kappa Draconis (κ Dra / 5 Draconis / HD 109387) es una estrella de la constelación de Draco de magnitud aparente +3,88. Está situada a 498 años luz del Sistema Solar. Forma una doble óptica con 6 Draconis, visualmente a 15 minutos de arco, de la que la separan unos 30 años luz. Kappa Draconis está catalogada como una gigante azul de tipo espectral B6IIIpe con una temperatura de 14.000 K.
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  • 天龍座κ
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