Mizar (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , Mizar is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:54 (PDT), 68° above your northern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:21, 69° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:43, 17° above your north-western horizon.

Name Mizar
Object type Star
Other names
Mizar
ζ-UMa
Zeta Ursae Majoris
79-UMa
79 Ursae Majoris
HD 116656
HIP 65378[2]
Position
Right ascension:13h23m55s [1]
Declination:+54°55'31" [1]
Constellation:Ursa Major
Magnitude:2.23 (V) [1]
2.29 (BT) [1]
2.23 (VT) [1]
Distance:26.3 parsec
85.8 lightyrs [2]
B-V Color (mag):0.06
Proper motion (speed):121.8 mas/yr[2]
Proper motion (pos ang):102.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.13

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