59-UMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 59-UMa is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:03 (EDT), 81° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:49, 87° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:29, when it sinks below 20° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
59-UMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 11h38m20s [4] |
| Declination: | +43°37'30" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: | 5.56 (V) [2] 5.95 (BT) [2] 5.59 (VT) [2] 5.46 (G) [4] 5.65 (BP) [4] 5.17 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 48.5 parsec 158.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.31 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 149.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 256.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.13 |
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