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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Pi Draconis
Flamsteed Number	58 Draconis
HR (BSC)	7371
HD	182564
Constellation	Draco
Right Ascension	19h 20m 40s
Declination	+65° 42' 52"
Distance	229 light years 70 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.6 Absolute: +0.4
Spectral Class	A2IIIs white giant
Optimum Visibility	July / August (Usually visible from northern latitudes)
Notes	A white star in the eastern parts of the constellation of Draco, the Dragon. Pi Draconis is some three times larger and more massive than the Sun, and produces about sixty times as much light. At a distance of ten parsecs (the standard for measuring absolute magnitude) it would shine as brightly as Procyon.

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