It is approx 47.3 parsecs away.
Neither - Eltanin is a K type star
Eltanin is an orange giant of spectral type K5
Gamma Draconis (Eltanin) is a star in the constellation Draco.It has an apparent magnitude of +2.24It has an absolute magnitude of -1.04
It's a giant red star.
Gamma Draconis (Eltanin and Etamin) is a star in the constellation Draco.It is an orange giant of spectral type K5
Surface Temperature: 4000 K
Gamma Draconis, also known as Etamin or Eltanin.
The brightest star in Draco is Eltanin (Gamma Draconis), with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.24. [See Link]
3,930 degrees kelvin. one of the coolest/coldest stars in the constellation
The mass of Gamma Draconis (Eltanin) is listed in Wikipedia as 1.7 times the mass of our Sun. That is a fairly high mass (even our Sun is in the top 10 percentile, according to mass), although much more massive stars do exist.
Draco is a constellation and thus made up of many stars with different distances.The brightest is Gamma Draconis (γ Dra / γ Draconis) It has the traditional name Eltanin (also Etamin). Eltanin is an orange giant lying 148 light years away.The closest is Struve 2398 which is a binary star system. Both stars are red dwarfs lying 11.5 light years away.
This is not a letter. It's not an English word, either. I think you should check your spelling or ask someone what word they said that you thought was spelled "eltanin."