Dra
☀10.8mag
Ø 36' / 29'
Drawing Uwe Glahn

400/500mm - 17.5" (7/14/99): in excellent transparency, the Draco Dwarf appeared as a very low surface brightness glow at 100x, roughly 15'x10', elongated N-S. On the eastern side are a couple of mag 11 pairs and the glow extends just beyond a N-S string of stars on the west side. There appeared to be a locally brighter region (possibly the core) offset towards the south side of the glow. The edges of the halo as the periphery generally faded into the background, though some areas seemed to have a more well-defined edge. Local Group member.

600/800mm - 24" (8/15/12): The 10' central region was visible as a patchy, irregular, low surface brightness glow. On the east side are two wide pairs (oriented E-W and N-S) at 20" and 24" separations and mag 8.8 HD 238677 is on the northeast side of the glow. PGC 140771, a very faint galaxy, lies 7' WSW of center, just beyond the central region. A half-dozen stars in an 8' string extends south from PGC 140771.