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  • Thumbnail for Dacian draco
    The Dacian draco was a military standard used by troops of the ancient Dacian people, which can be seen in the hands of the soldiers of Decebalus in several...
    31 KB (3,587 words) - 14:42, 23 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Draco (constellation)
    Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century Greek astronomer...
    19 KB (2,289 words) - 03:23, 21 July 2024
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    called the Spindle Galaxy) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Draco. NGC 5866 was most likely discovered by Pierre Méchain or Charles Messier...
    9 KB (765 words) - 09:32, 5 August 2024
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    Gliese 687 (category Draco (constellation))
    687, or GJ 687 (Gliese–Jahreiß 687) is a red dwarf in the constellation Draco. This is one of the closest stars to the Sun and lies at a distance of 14...
    10 KB (790 words) - 17:04, 7 June 2024
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    NGC 4319 (category Draco (constellation))
    spiral galaxy located about 77 million light years away in the constellation Draco. The morphological classification is SB(r)ab, which indicates it is a barred...
    8 KB (641 words) - 12:32, 18 July 2024
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    NGC 4513 (category Draco (constellation))
    galaxy located about 110 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on October 16, 1866....
    6 KB (545 words) - 12:40, 18 July 2024
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    NGC 6503 (category Draco (constellation))
    NGC 6503 is a field dwarf spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Draco. It was discovered by German astronomer Arthur von Auwers on July 22, 1854...
    16 KB (1,139 words) - 14:02, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Draco Dwarf
    The Draco Dwarf is a spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954 on photographic plates of the National...
    11 KB (1,161 words) - 22:38, 23 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dracaena draco
    Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira...
    15 KB (1,428 words) - 10:02, 3 August 2024
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    Draco is a genus of agamid lizards that are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards. These lizards are capable of gliding flight...
    19 KB (1,820 words) - 16:03, 28 May 2024
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    Cat's Eye Nebula (category Draco (constellation))
    and Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco, discovered by William Herschel on February 15, 1786. It was the first planetary...
    25 KB (2,781 words) - 03:24, 22 July 2024
  • GRW +70 8247 (category Draco (constellation))
    white dwarf star located 42 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. With a magnitude of about 13 it is visible only through a large telescope...
    7 KB (764 words) - 22:17, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 4589
    NGC 4589 (category Draco (constellation))
    NGC 4589 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Draco constellation. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on November 22, 1797...
    9 KB (561 words) - 00:11, 17 July 2024
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    Abell 2218 (category Draco (constellation))
    cluster of galaxies over 2 billion light-years away in the constellation Draco. Acting as a powerful lens, it magnifies and distorts all galaxies lying...
    6 KB (615 words) - 16:22, 3 August 2024
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    3C 249.1 (category Draco (constellation))
    3C 249.1 is a Seyfert galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It hosts a powerful radio source and is located at redshift 0.3115, with a peculiar radio...
    5 KB (393 words) - 09:48, 7 August 2024
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    Gamma Draconis (category Draco (constellation))
    northern constellation of Draco. Contrary to its gamma-designation (historically third-ranked), it is the brightest object in Draco at magnitude 2.2, outshining...
    16 KB (1,396 words) - 17:22, 28 June 2024
  • TOI-1452 b (category Draco (constellation))
    world, orbiting a red-dwarf star TOI-1452 about 100 light-years away in the Draco constellation. The exoplanet is about 70% larger in diameter than Earth...
    8 KB (501 words) - 00:10, 5 August 2024
  • Qatar-1 (category Draco (constellation))
    Qatar-1 is an orange main sequence star in the constellation of Draco. Qatar-1 has an average to high metallicity of 160% of solar, and is of similar...
    11 KB (921 words) - 00:33, 3 December 2023
  • Draco Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character and a major antagonist in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He is a student in Harry Potter's year belonging...
    39 KB (5,139 words) - 20:51, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 5879
    NGC 5879 (category Draco (constellation))
    NGC 5879 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco. The galaxy was discovered in 1788 by William Herschel. It is a member of the NGC 5866...
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