Pi Draconis

Template:Short description Template:Starbox begin Template:Starbox observe Template:Starbox character Template:Starbox astrometry Template:Starbox detail Template:Starbox catalog Template:Starbox reference Template:Starbox end Pi Draconis, Latinized from π Draconis, is a solitary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.59. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 14.25 mas as measured from Earth, it is located around 229 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction factor of Template:Val due to interstellar dust.

With an age of 350 million years, this is an A-type star of stellar classification A2 IIIs, where the luminosity class of III typically indicates an evolved giant star and the 's' means the spectrum displays sharp absorption lines. It is a candidate Am star, meaning there are some chemical peculiarities. The measured angular size is Template:Val. At the estimated distance of Pi Draconis, this yields a physical size of about 3.2 times the radius of the Sun. It has about 2.70 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 60 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,125 K.