Chi Draconis (χ Dra, χ Draconis, Chi Draconis) is a star system in the constellation Draco. Description The first companion is a yellow-white (class F) fourth-magnitude star with a mass approximately equal to that of the sun, but it is nearly twice as luminous. The second companion is an orange (class K) sixth-magnitude star, that is less massive and of lesser luminosity than the sun. In 1898 this system was reported to be a spectroscopic binary system, with an orbital period of 280.55 days. The two stars have an average separation of nearly an astronomical unit, which would disrupt the orbit of any Earth-like planet that was close enough to the primary to support liquid water. The two stars have less than half the abundance of heavy elements as the Sun and are approximately a billion years older. Separations between the two stars have been measured and the difference in brightness between the two stars is 2.12 magnitudes at 700 nm. See also List of star systems within 25–30 light-years References External links ARICNS Chi Draconis 2 at SolStation. nStars database entry Draco (constellation) Binary stars Draconis, Chi F-type main-sequence stars K-type main-sequence stars Draconis, Chi 089937 Draconis, 44 6927 170153 Durchmusterung objects 0713