Mizar (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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.
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Name
Mizar
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Object type
Star
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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 |
Sources