DRACO
The faint stars of Draco the Dragon wind through the picture. Toward the
upper right edge is Vega
in Lyra. Just down and to the left of Vega
toward the center of the picture is the Dragon's head, dominated by
Eltanin, or Gamma Draconis, fainter Rastaban (Beta Draconis) immediately
to the left.
Thuban, in Draco's tail, was once the pole star.
The "Keystone" of Hercules is to the top
and the bowl stars of the Little Dipper in
Ursa Minor are to the bottom. Draco's tail
continues off the picture to the west. Two stars are "Al Dhibain";
Eta is Al Dhibain Prior, Zeta Al Dhibain Posterior. Draco also has
a star with an orbiting planet (or brown
dwarf). Draco contains the North Ecliptic Pole, the northern perpendicular
to the Ecliptic (the apparant solar path, which defines the Zodiac).
The South Ecliptic Pole is in Dorado.
Draco has a star with an orbiting planet.