B-UMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , b-UMa is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 04:42, 69° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 13° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:36, 67° above your northern horizon.
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Name
B-UMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h53m22s [4] |
| Declination: | +61°57'44" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: | 5.72 (V) [2] 6.07 (BT) [2] 5.75 (VT) [2] 5.64 (G) [4] 5.79 (BP) [4] 5.36 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 85.3 parsec 278.2 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.27 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 23.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 336.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.06 |
Sources