6-UMa (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , 6-UMa is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 04:37, 67° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 17° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:29, 66° above your northern horizon.

Name 6-UMa
Object type Star
Other names
6-UMa
6 Ursae Majoris
HR 3531[1]
HD 75958
HIP 43903[3]
TYC 4131-1800-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:08h56m37s [2]
Declination:+64°36'13" [2]
Constellation:Ursa Major
Magnitude:5.57 (V) [2]
6.68 (BT) [2]
5.66 (VT) [2]
Distance:94.1 parsec
306.7 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.87
Proper motion (speed):89.1 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):201.4°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):0.70

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