How to Find Draco the Dragon Constellation

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Draco is a long, winding constellation that wraps around the north celestial pole but is not always easy to spot because of the faint magnitude of the stars. Despite the dimness of the constellation, it can easily be found in the sky as its tail winds between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Draco is a very ancient constellation with various mythological tales connected to it. This constellation is classified as a circumpolar constellation, which can be seen all year round. Explore the stories behind this pattern, discover the easiest ways to find this constellation, and examine the celestial objects that lie within the boundaries of Draco the Dragon.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Overview of Draco
2:01 - Pattern of Draco
6:18 - Celestial Objects in Draco
8:33 - Legends of Draco
11:37 - Review of Draco
12:34 - Photo Attributes
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@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! New to stargazing? Download my FREE Stargazing Starter Guide: www.learnthesky.com/stargazing_starter_guide

@eduardovieira5286 Жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL 🌌 MAGICAL🎇🎇 BEAUTIFUL🌍

@renaldoking6 4 жыл бұрын

When you do a compare and contrast do you like this, the star constellations of the Four Seasons. 1) Leo- Star Constellation for Spring 2) Draco- Star Constellation for Summer 3) Pegasus- Star Constellation for Fall 4) Orion- Star Constellation for Winter

@shirtlessshulktv2378 3 жыл бұрын

Kyoya, Ryuga, Chris, and Gingka.

@renaldoking6 3 жыл бұрын

@@shirtlessshulktv2378 Indeed

@thompsonttx 2 жыл бұрын

Have you notice the position of the sun and moon (the rising and setting) has changed?

@bellah33 Жыл бұрын

The advantage of living in equatorial regions is that we see the constellations all year round, you just have to know which direction to look.

@revinhatol 3 жыл бұрын

_"To the stars."_ - Sir Sean Connery _"Alle stelle."_ - Gigi Proietti

@joshuastrittmatter4188 3 жыл бұрын

“What now, Draco? Without you... ... ...what do we do? Where do we turn?” “To stars, Bowen. To the stars.”

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

I read that in Sean Connery’s voice.

@revinhatol 3 жыл бұрын

@@learnthesky "Alle stelle."

@keatoncrandall2471 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah!!!! Freaking awesome movie and the reason why I watched this video.

@chailatte6925 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! I'm looking forward to the supermoon today.

@zevastiansbeautyplacemia2632 3 жыл бұрын

Amaizinly work and explanation! Love everything about it! Keep on with your great work and thank you for illustrate and inspire all of us!!!🙏💥

@Bigmouth660 27 күн бұрын

Thank you. Very informative and I appreciate your work

@opmg100 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this and for other videos. They've been very helpful. ❤

@chrisyother9606 4 жыл бұрын

BRAVO!!! I just started trying to locate Draco this past weekend. The first thing I noticed was how incredibly faint he is. I was able to see some of the stars in the tail. I will take you up on the recommendation to look for the head. Im happy to see I wasnt off in my telescope positioning, just a victim of terrible night skies. Hopefully when I go to Arizona over Labor Day weekend I can find him better then, given the much darker skies. Very well done!! You have a new fan!!!

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

Draco is one that took me time to get comfortable finding. It is pretty faint constellation. But knowing where it is in relation to the Dippers is what helps me find it. Good luck stargazing and keep looking up!

@pragatibaishya328 3 жыл бұрын

😃😃😃😃😃

@arc7495 4 жыл бұрын

Love this channel!

@asheru9254 4 жыл бұрын

I see it every time I look up here in Kenya

@learnthesky 4 жыл бұрын

Asheru 92 Do you have any stories in Kenya about Draco? I have always wondered about the stories of the stars from different places and cultures.

@3RDEYELOVE 4 жыл бұрын

have any stories to share? would love to hear. cheers also

@mallardducks3615 4 жыл бұрын

Vega points to Draco' s brightest star Etamin, that is how I found Draco the first time

@learnthesky 4 жыл бұрын

That's another great strategy to use. Thank you for sharing!

@mallardducks3615 4 жыл бұрын

@@learnthesky no problem!

@jonpaul674 4 жыл бұрын

Once more a very informative tube, very well and clear lecture, thanks

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@odysodys1098 16 күн бұрын

👍👍👍 Thanks! Draco coils around the Ecliptic Pole; and Thuban is the most perfect of the pole stars with respect to proximity to the processional path of the North Celestial Pole -- at its closest circa 2830 BC.

@veronicalogotheti5416 2 жыл бұрын

Very good explanation Thank you

@fernandobautista3200 4 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup pour la vidéo, trop cool.

@claudiamanta1943 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, you’re a star ⭐️ 😊

@LrMdrd 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, really helpful. At 6:00 you say "you can find ursa major...you don't have the help of ursa major". I know you were just testing us.

@pragatibaishya328 3 жыл бұрын

And i found this 😍 stars are quite faint ..but ❤

@veronicalogotheti1162 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@sonammidha 4 жыл бұрын

You are an amazing person and i am a big fan of yours.Trust me i wont say it to Tom cruise.....I am really fond of your videos...A big hug from India and so much love♥️

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I appreciate your support!

@pragatibaishya328 3 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed 🤞 hopefully i will find this too😍❤❤

@not2tees Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed that there were 3 pairs of stars that stood out for me, looking up from Calgary, a big city with lots of light pollution. I could follow the 2 stars at the outer edge of the Big Dipper to find Polaris and I noticed the edge of the Dipper nearest its handle seemed to point to a pair of stars at about 10 to 4 o'clock re the Big Dipper below and these were the outer edge of the Little Dipper, which themselves pointed to 2 stars further away from the Big Dipper, and it turns out part of the body of Draco. There were 2 other stars in a line from the Little Dipper 2 and the 2 body Draco stars and I wondered if they might be part of a triangle, and they turned out to be 3 of the 4 stars of Draco's head. Not bad for Calgary, but the light of knowledge shows the way. Thank you, Learn the Sky Jeanine.

@kamolkantidhar3518 2 жыл бұрын

Nice presentation

@hendrickpaler6915 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@amyw5718 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to hear your thoughts on how these names play in our movies...so many are in harry potter..wondering if it gives new meaning when you watch movies to us that had no clue to the history of these stars. Bellatrix, sirius (who is a dog), draco, crux. Also a question, would the horsehead nebula be considered dark horse? Also it seems adam and eve story with satan on the tree would fit right in with these.

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

Hello! 👋 I have lots of thoughts about how names in astronomy appear in movies and other forms of pop culture. I especially love the Harry Potter books, and I love how J.K. Rowling uses names in astronomy for some characters. It makes sense that Sirius is a dog animagus. Sirius is the brightest star in the constellation in Canis Major, which is the Great Dog constellation. The constellation Draco is represented as a dragon, but has also been described as a serpent as well. This highlights Draco’s connection to Slytherin House. The star pattern of Draco certainly snakes it way through the sky. The name Bellatrix is Latin means ‘female warrior’, which totally matches that character’s personality.

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

The Horsehead Nebula nebula is classified as a dark nebula, also known as an absorption nebula. It is a thick cloud of gas and dust, and it absorbs light, giving it a dark appearance. See this video for more explanation on types of nebula: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lcl5ZZOe26-6YIU.html

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

And to answer your final question, I haven’t thought about the connection of Adam and Eve to Draco before, but it does make sense. In one of the Greek myths of Draco, the dragon protects the golden apples of Hesperides. The story is different, but presence of apples would be the common thread. The more I research the mythologies of the stars, the more I learn that there is so much variation between them all, but there are similarities between them as well. It truly is fascinating! Great questions! I love this kind of dialogue.

@millerdiamond708 3 ай бұрын

draco constellation is where space dragons live

@veronicalogotheti5416 2 жыл бұрын

Thnak you

@sam-ip6ns 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here from draco malfoy

@ayushborah759 Ай бұрын

L-Drago Rayuga the Draco Constellation

@mariovvv5639 Жыл бұрын

How to find them: ask the royal family🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️

@keatoncrandall2471 2 жыл бұрын

“Are the stars shinning tonight?”

@sunnyladylove5533 3 жыл бұрын

If you were born on July 26th/August 7th/December 17th-23rd your a dragon🐉

@samuelwin2122 2 жыл бұрын

May 21 to 23 is the 🐉 that's why in Mexico they were called the Mayan because it represents may.

@twilight6779 2 жыл бұрын

@@samuelwin2122 Dragon don't represent may to me🤷‍♀️

@viconeup 10 күн бұрын

.....easier route(?)...Lyra, find the brightest firstly, then Etamin, brightest in Draco yes, I have Dragons based DNA links here, use your intuition to resonate within 🐉

@huntingspacescience6698 3 жыл бұрын

Its all connected to the main Star(thuban) which has a small planetary system that still continues to orbit it,as earth still - FIELD-SCANS the heavens above each year with the verybest earth an satelite telescopes as usual..but also looks like its been a long active StarSystem in deepspace for many many thousands of years in space history....

@mohammedzulk8485 3 жыл бұрын

No surprise that Draco lacks light.

@mikelove9615 3 ай бұрын

How is it that we can observe the drako constellation all year long if we are going around a sun

@ronyasami2368 2 жыл бұрын

Can i use Vega to piont me to the head of draco? Becuse vega is near the head of the dragon.

@learnthesky 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Definitely.

@BkzFlyBoy18 7 ай бұрын

so they all have the same dipper and handle but only draco is the dragon make it make sense if anything its three dracos or three dippers

@capricorn1116 2 жыл бұрын

I've found it in my natal chart

@andrewmosesyanez9486 3 жыл бұрын

will you make one on hydra?

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

That one is on my list....however I am really struggling to find pictures of it. Probably because it is the largest constellation. Finding pictures is my daily struggle! 😝

@thompsonttx 2 жыл бұрын

Have you notice the position of the sun and moon (the rising and setting) has changed?

@khaosangelazul 4 жыл бұрын

I heard this wierd tale about how the constellation draco is supposed to eat my constellations little star, ofcourse metaphorically but from rotation of the earth. Just curious if anyone new anything??

@khaosangelazul 4 жыл бұрын

My sign is virgo

@learnthesky 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard of that tale myself, but there are so many stories and mythologies of the stars. In terms of position in the sky, Draco and Virgo are not next to each other in the sky. Draco is large and does kind of 'snake' through the sky. Thank you for watching...keep looking up!

@thompsonttx 2 жыл бұрын

Have you notice the position of the sun and moon (the rising and setting) has changed?

@hornmoviereviews8739 8 ай бұрын

Im here cause of dragonheart

@mohdsivannair8901 Жыл бұрын

There are barely any stars near my house, most of them are just plane lights, how do I find Draco at my house?

@learnthesky Жыл бұрын

The key to finding Draco is being able to find the Dippers. Draco’s tail goes between the Dippers. It is a faint constellation to begin with and challenging to find.

@mohdsivannair8901 Жыл бұрын

@@learnthesky but there's literally barely any stars around my house.