Draco

//**Draco**//

http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/draco01.jpg

__//**Meaning.**//__ //Draco// is the Latin name for dragon.

__//**Mythology.**//__
 * The Persians believed that Draco was a man eating serpent called "Azhdeha"
 * A Greek legend tells the story of Draco as a horrible dragon that guarded a sacred spring and slew the soldiers of Cadmus
 * Roman myth calls this dragon Ladon and he guarded the golden apples on a tree in a garden tended by the Hesperides

__//**What kind of constellation.**//__ Draco is a circumpolar constellation the constellation is visible from the northern Lat. Best seen in July at 9:00pm.

//__**Position in the sky**__//
 * Right Ascension 17 hrs.
 * Declination 65 degrees.
 * Visible between latitudes 90 and -15 degrees.

//__**Location of Draco's tail.**__// In between the dippers

//__**Stars within Draco.**__//
 * Thuban (alpha Dra)
 * Rastaban (Beta Dra)
 * ETamin (Gramma Dra)
 * Nodus Secundus (Delta Dra)
 * Tyl (Epsilon Dra)
 * Aldhibah (zeta Dra)
 * Ed Asich (Iota Dra)
 * Gianfar ( Lambda Dra)
 * Arrakis (Mu Dra)

__**//Additional information.//**__ - Draco use to have wings and be a larger constellation. - Draco has three galaxies with in the constellation 1.) NGC 5985 Face on spiral. 2.) NGC 5981 Elliptical galaxy. 3.) NGC 5981 Edge on spiral.

__//**Self reflect.**//__ I feel that this project was educational and fun to complete. This project was a little short but contains main points about Draco. I feel that there is a lot of information about Draco that isn't really covered unless you have a in depth search process. Draco is a dragon, its tail is in between the two dippers.

In conclusion, I have learned some new facts about Draco that I didn't know before, such as that there are three galaxies within it's constellation. I really liked doing this project because I like to star gaze and I'm interested in the sky. This Draco report was easy going for me, I liked it!

__//**References.**//__ www.astro.wisc.edu www.crystalinks.com/draco.htm www.astromax.org http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/draco.html

Created by: David Weller