- Iota Draconis
Starbox short
name = Iota Draconis
epoch =J2000.0
constell = Draco
ra = 15h 24m 55.7747s
dec = +58° 57' 57.836"
spectral = K2III
appmag_v = 3.31
dist_ly = 102.7
dist_pc = 31.5
names = Edasich, HR 5744, HD 137759,
HIP 75458Iota Draconis (ι Dra / ι Draconis) is an orange giant
star located convert|103|ly|pc|abbr=off|lk=on away in theconstellation Draco. A visually unremarkable star ofapparent magnitude 3.31, it has recently been discovered to have a planet. [cite journal | url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/341629 | author=Frink "et al." | title=Discovery of a Substellar Companion to the K2 III Giant Iota Draconis | journal=TheAstrophysical Journal | issue=1 | volume=576 |year=2002 | pages=478–484 | doi=10.1086/341629 ]It also has the traditional name Edasich, with Eldsich recorded in the "Century Cyclopedia". The Chinese knew it as _zh. Tso Choo 'Left Pivot'. It was called _ar. Al Ḍhiba' of Ulug Beg and the Dresden Globe, or _ar. Al dhīlī 'Male hyena' by Kazwini. [cite book|author = Richard Hinckley Allen|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=5xQuAAAAIAAJ|title = Star-names and Their Meanings|publisher = G. E. Stechert|location = New York|year = 1899|pages = 117]
ee also
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Iota Draconis b References
External links
* [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?protocol=html&Ident=HD+137759 SIMBAD: HD 137759 -- Variable Star]
* [http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=HIP+75458 Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia: Notes for star HIP 75458]
* [http://www.solstation.com/stars2/edasich.htm SolStation: Edasich/Iota Draconis]
* [http://www.extrasolar.net/startour.asp?StarCatId=normal&StarId=152 Extrasolar Visions: Iota Draconis]
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