ζ-UMi (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , ζ-UMi is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 21:46, 46° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:18 (PDT), 46° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:31, 31° above your northern horizon.
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Name
ζ-UMi
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 15h44m03s [6] |
| Declination: | +77°47'40" [6] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Minor |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.29 (V) [3] 4.34 (BT) [2] 4.29 (VT) [2] 4.27 (G) [6] 4.29 (BP) [6] 4.19 (RP) [6] |
| Distance: | 110.1 parsec 358.9 lightyrs [6] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.04 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 20.0 mas/yr[6] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 95.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.92 |
Sources