38-UMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 38-UMa 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 05:36, 64° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 17° above your northern horizon.
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Name
38-UMa
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 10h41m56s [2] |
| Declination: | +65°42'58" [2] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.12 (V) [2] 6.67 (BT) [2] 5.24 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 69.5 parsec 226.7 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.21 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 179.0 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 245.1° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.90 |
Sources