U-UMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , U-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, 70° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 11° above your northern horizon.
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Name
U-UMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 10h15m07s [4] |
| Declination: | +59°59'08" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.19 (V) [2] 8.31 (BT) [2] 6.37 (VT) [2] 5.45 (G) [4] 6.45 (BP) [4] 4.45 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 337.3 parsec 1099.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.65 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 15.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 67.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.45 |
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