9-UMi (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , 9-UMi 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 05:32, 44° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:26 (EST), 35° above your northern horizon.
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Name
9-UMi
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h00m25s [3] |
| Declination: | +71°45'56" [3] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Minor |
| Magnitude: | 6.66 (V) [1] 7.40 (BT) [1] 6.72 (VT) [1] 6.48 (G) [3] 6.80 (BP) [3] 5.99 (RP) [3] |
| Distance: | 34.7 parsec 113.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.57 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 411.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 281.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 3.96 |
Sources