Star System
Epsilon Draconis is resolvable as a double star in telescopes of 10 centimeters aperture or larger. The companion has an apparent brightness of 7.3 at an angular distance of 3.2 arcseconds. It is an orange dwarf star of spectral class K5, orbiting the yellow giant at about 130 astronomical units.
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