Pherkad (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Pherkad 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 05:44, 42° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:31 (EST), 36° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Pherkad
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h20m43s [3] |
| Declination: | +71°50'02" [3] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Minor |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.03 (V) [3] 3.10 (BT) [2] 3.03 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 149.3 parsec 486.6 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.06 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 25.2 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 315.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -2.84 |
Sources