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 Draco (constellation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Draco (Latin for Dragon) is a far northern constellation that is circumpolar for many northern hemisphere observers.
There are several faint galaxies in Draco, one of which is the Lenticular Galaxy NGC 5866, sometimes considered to be Messier Object 102.
There are a number of myths behind the constellation Draco, due to its resemblance to a dragon [1].
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Draco confided to Harry that he was planning on bullying his parents into buying him things he wanted, which reminded Harry strongly of his cousin Dudley.
Draco is clearly the leader and he seems to look down on the other boys as being ignorant and slow (which is true).
His father cautioned Draco that it is not prudent to seem to be an enemy of Potter, who everyone in the wizarding world considers to be a hero, but Draco finds it impossible to be friendly with Harry.
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Draco and Orion are the partners in a great celestial seesaw that is being performed over several thousands of years and Ahmuvan must have been worshipped and venerated as a primordial God of the Indus valley civilization.
In 10,500 B.C. Draco marked the north meridian when the Orion marked the south meridian (Graham Hancock, Santha Faiia, 1998) and Draco surrounded the pole of the ecliptic in 6,000 B.C. It is circumpolar at higher altitudes and rotates slowly around the north pole of the sky.
Draco was associated with the Egyptian deity Isis Hathor and pictured as a cow and held a powerful position in myth and astronomy in China.
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The constellation of Draco is circumpolar; its gigantic curve surrounding the Little Dipper of Ursa Minor is one of characteristics.
Galaxy NGC 6503 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Draco.
Abell 2218, an enormous cluster of galaxies that resides in the constellation Draco some 2 billion light-years from Earth, is so massive that its gravitational field magnifies, brightens, and distorts the light of more distant objects.
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 Draco the Dragon
Draco is a circumpolar constellation visible all night from northern latitudes.
Some of Draco's stars were part of their constellation of Hippopotamus and some were of the Crocodile.
The hieroglyph for the Hippopotamus was used for the heavens in general while the constellation is supposed to have been a symbol of Isis Rathor, Athor, or Athyr, the Egyptian Venus.
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Draco, at the hub of the universe, formerly on the axis of the night sky.
Draco was at the center of things when the sun, moon, and stars were marking time for us and were our calendars, helping human beings know when to plant, when to harvest, when the Nile would flood.
Draco may be Ladon, the dragon that guarded the apple tree in the paradisal Garden of the Hesperides.
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 AllRefer.com - Draco, in astronomy, Constellation (Constellations) - Encyclopedia
Draco [Lat.,=the dragon], northern constellation lying SE of Ursa Minor and N of Lyra and Hercules.
Thuban (Alpha Draconis) was the polestar 5,000 years ago, i.e., it was the star nearest the celestial pole, but because of the precession of the equinoxes, the polestar is now Polaris.
Draco reaches its highest point in the evening sky in July, and is visible throughout the year for observers north of 40°N lat.
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 Constellation Draco
Draco is a circumpolar constellation which reaches more than halfway around the pole from a right ascension of 9h30m to 20h40m; it varies in declination from 48 degrees north to 86 degrees—a large area indeed.
Draco is the location of the radiant of the Draconid meteors; it serves as the radiant for the Quadrantids of January, too, and for the lesser Eta Draconid shower of late March.
This is a CCD image of the planetary nebula NGC6543 in Draco, taken September 1, 1998, from outside Chabot Observatory.
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 Draco Constellation. Mythology - Crystalinks
Draco is an extended constellation of the northern hemisphere.
The origin of the constellation, Draco, and of most dragon lore as well, was probably the female Chaldean dragon Tiamat, the sea serpent who existed even before the sea and sky had been divided from each other, the dragon of chaos.
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Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, is visible in the northern hemisphere in the spring and summer.
Draco was the guardian of the star that never moves, the celestial pole.
The constellation was named after the son of Zeus, who defeated the Nemean Lion, Leo, and the many-headed beast called Hydra.
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 Draco
Draco comes from the word meaning to see or watch, and the dragon is often guarding something such as the golden apples in the garden of the Hesperides.
Draco was described in the Shield of Hercules, with the two Dogs, the Hare, Orion, and Perseus, as "The scaly horror of a dragon, coiled, full in the central field".
This constellation is associated with the dragon slain by Cadmus, the brother of Europa - who was carried off to Crete by Jupiter in the form of a bull (see that story in Taurus).
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 The Stories of the Constellations - Draco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Draco's strange, winding shape can be explained if Thuban and the rest of the sky is precessed back to their respective positions in the time of ancient Egypt.
Draco's body joins with that of the snake held by Ophiuchus, which in turn connects to Hydra.
One half became the constellation of the dragon and the other became the Hydra.
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It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy (Ptolemy: An ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra).
Due to its position and nearby constellations in the zodiac (zodiac: A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes) sign of Libra (Libra: A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Virgo and Scorpius) (i.e.
Ursa Major (Ursa Major: A constellation outside the Zodiac that rotates around the North Star), Ursa Minor (Ursa Minor: A constellation outside the Zodiac that rotates around the North Star), and Boötes (Boötes: boötes, a name deriving from egypt, is one of the 88 modern constellations and was also...
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 Draco the Dragon
Draco the dragon is a circumpolar constellation, which means it revolves around the celestial North Pole.
Draco can is only present in the Northern Hemisphere, so those living in the Southern Hemisphere will never see this long constellation.
The end of the constellation is held by Thuban, which was the pole star over 4,000 years ago.
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I'll often ask someone what month is the best time to view his or her birth-sign constellation in the sky.
At that time of year the Sun and the given constellation are up together - it's daytime and the stars behind the Sun can't be seen.
Although it's one of the largest constellations in area, Ophiucus is the unrespected Rodney Dangerfield of the zodiac.
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Draco is the eighth largest constellation, but despite its size, it is not particularly prominent.
In the night sky Draco coils around our north celestial pole with the foot of Hercules (a neighboring constellation) upon its head.
Hera placed the image of the dragon in the sky as the constellation Draco.
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 Draco
            Several Greek myths exist concerning this constellation.  The earliest legend is of the fight between the old gods, the Titans, and the new gods, led by Zeus.  These Titans, or Giants, represented chaos and the universal forces of evil.
, Yuen Wei was part of the Draco constellation, whereas Draco as a whole was known as Tsi Kung, the Palace of the Heavenly Emperor.  To the Chinese, the dragon represents nobility.  The dragon of the Chinese zodiac was among the stars that comprise our Libra.
PAS Constellations: ‘Dra.’  Peoria Astronomical Society.  22 Jan. 2003.
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