Phecda (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Phecda is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 19:45 (PDT), 20° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 46 minutes after the Sun at 23:42 (PDT). In the morning, it will rise at 02:21 – 4 hours and 12 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 16° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:45.
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Name
Phecda
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 11h53m49s [2] |
| Declination: | +53°41'41" [2] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.39 (V) [2] 2.46 (BT) [2] 2.40 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 25.5 parsec 83.1 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.05 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 108.2 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 84.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.36 |
Sources