VY-UMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , VY-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 06:13, 61° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 18:18 (EST), 17° above your northern horizon.
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Name
VY-UMa
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Object type
Star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 10h45m04s [4] |
| Declination: | +67°24'40" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 5.97 (V) [2] 9.29 (BT) [2] 6.24 (VT) [2] 4.92 (G) [4] 6.23 (BP) [4] 3.80 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 419.9 parsec 1369.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 2.59 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 5.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 82.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.15 |
Sources