40/41 Draconis

Star 76 of 100


Constellation: Draco

Difficulty: Easy

Right Ascension: 18h 00m.2

Declination: +80° 00'

Magnitude: 5.7, 6.0

Separation: 18.7"

Position Angle: 232°

Last WDS Measure: 2019

My Observation Details

Object Name: 40/41 Draconis
Seeing: E
Transparency: 5+
Lat/Lon: 35.12, -85.33
Instrument: 1300/102 Orion Apex Maksutov
Power: 144x
Date: 6-24-24
Time: 10:28pm EST
Est. P.A.: 55 deg or 240 deg

Observation Notes

Visual Description

Similar in magnitude and size. Both are also visually white in color

Additional Notes

Another easy pair to split. Seeing is very good so the stars are crisp points. Was difficult to determin primary so I took two measurements of the PA.

Sketch

40/41 Draconis sketch