υ-UMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , υ-UMa is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 05:36, 72° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 10° above your northern horizon.
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Name
υ-UMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h50m58s [6] |
| Declination: | +59°02'17" [6] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.78 (V) [3] 4.15 (BT) [2] 3.81 (VT) [2] 3.71 (G) [6] 3.89 (BP) [6] 3.40 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 35.2 parsec 114.9 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.31 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 331.2 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 242.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.04 |
Sources