68-UMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 68-UMa is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 19:54 (EDT), 28° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, becoming tricky to observe after 20:57 when it dips 21° above your north-western horizon. At 05:10, it will return to an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon, and reach an altitude of 22° before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:18.
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Name
68-UMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 12h11m44s [4] |
| Declination: | +57°03'15" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: | 6.34 (V) [2] 8.33 (BT) [2] 6.51 (VT) [2] 5.77 (G) [4] 6.60 (BP) [4] 4.88 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 257.6 parsec 839.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.55 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 19.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 149.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.71 |
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