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AL DHIBAIN "PRIOR" (Eta Draconis). The name Al Dhibain really belongs to a pair of stars in Draco, the one that Bayer called "Eta Draconis" and its fainter neighbor Zeta Draconis, the name referring to two hyenas.
NGC 5985 is midway between iota and theta Draconis; (NGC 5982 is in the same field to the west. This elliptical gallaxy is considerably smaller but about the same magnitude, around 12).
The star lies in the southeastern part (15:24:55.8+58:57:57.8, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Draco (see chart and photo), the Dragon -- west of Theta Draconis, southeast of Thuban (Alpha Draconis), and south of the Big Dipper (or Plough).
 See also: Sky, Magnitude, Constellation, Pole Star, Thuban
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