Megrez (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Jerusalem , Megrez is visible all night. It will become visible at around 19:55 (IDT), 40° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:12, 64° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:28, 31° above your north-western horizon.
Name
Megrez
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 12h15m25s [6] |
Declination: | +57°01'57" [6] |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Magnitude: Variable | 3.30 (V) [3] 3.42 (BT) [2] 3.31 (VT) [2] 3.31 (G) [6] 3.45 (BP) [6] 3.19 (RP) [6] |
Distance: | 24.8 parsec 80.8 lightyrs [6] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.09 |
Proper motion (speed): | 104.3 mas/yr[6] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 85.5° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | 1.33 |
Sources