[15] Consequently, the Chinese name for Epsilon Draconis itself is 天廚三 (Tiān Chú sān, English: the Third Star of the Celestial Kitchen.

Since Epsilon Draconis has an apparent magnitude of almost 4.0, the star is easily observable to the naked eye as long as one's stargazing is not hampered by the light pollution common to most cities.

The best time for observation is in the evening sky during the summer months, when the "Dragon constellation" passes the meridian at midnight, but given its circumpolar nature in the northern hemisphere, it is visible to most of the world's inhabitants throughout the year.

[9] This star's abundance of elements heavier than helium relative to hydrogen, what astronomers term metallicity, is just half of the Sun's.

[17] The secondary is a F-type main-sequence star of class F6V,[7] fusing hydrogen into helium at its core.