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= Thuban=

Star Name: Draco
Distance from earth: 94.34 light years Star Color: White



About Draco
Draco is a White star in the Northern Hemisphere of the sky in between the big and little dipper.

The Myth of Draco: Hercules had a task to steel golden apples from Hera Zeus's wife. But there was a problem there was a 100 headed dragon that was guarding the golden apple tree. Hercules killed the dragon by shooting one arrow over the wall. Then Atlas the guy that was holding up the globe handed it to Hercules and ran and got the golden apples. Atlas came back with the apples thinking about get a break from holding up the globe, He gave Hercules the apples and Hercules gave Atlas back the globe and Hercules ran off with the golden apples.

Parallax (A way to measure distance in space
Parallax: A shift in the position of an object. 1. Look at the star from different locations 2. Measure the distance that the star had moved. 3. Change your angle by dividing 1 by the angle. (Type out how you converted your parallax angle to distance for your star)