Megrez (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Megrez 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 05:44, 70° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:21 (EST), 11° above your northern horizon.
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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