ρ-UMa (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , ρ-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 04:49, 30° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:01 (EDT), 24° above your northern horizon.
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Name
ρ-UMa
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h02m32s [4] |
| Declination: | +67°37'46" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.78 (V) [2] 6.76 (BT) [2] 4.94 (VT) [2] 3.80 (G) [4] 5.01 (BP) [4] 2.78 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 98.4 parsec 320.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.55 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 28.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 309.2° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.19 |
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