rho draconis (ρ draconis) is a solitary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of draco. it is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude is 4.52. based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.61 mas as measured from earth, it is located around 429 light years from the sun. at that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.027 due to interstellar dust.