η-UMi (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , η-UMi is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at 22:19, 48° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:18 (PDT), 47° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:31, 32° above your northern horizon.
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Name
η-UMi
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 16h17m29s [4] |
| Declination: | +75°45'23" [4] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Minor |
| Magnitude: | 4.96 (V) [2] 5.38 (BT) [2] 4.99 (VT) [2] 4.85 (G) [4] 5.05 (BP) [4] 4.53 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 29.9 parsec 97.5 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.33 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 257.7 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 342.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.58 |
Sources