18-UMi (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , 18-UMi is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 20:34 (PDT), 45° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:12, 21° above your northern horizon.
Name
18-UMi
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 16h03m31s [4] |
Declination: | +76°47'38" [4] |
Constellation: | Ursa Minor |
Magnitude: | 5.72 (V) [2] 5.79 (BT) [2] 5.73 (VT) [2] 5.71 (G) [4] 5.73 (BP) [4] 5.64 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 168.5 parsec 549.3 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.05 |
Proper motion (speed): | 27.5 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 319.6° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -0.41 |
Sources