Alkaid (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From South El Monte , Alkaid is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 18:56 (PDT), 23° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 7 minutes after the Sun at 22:19 (PDT). In the morning, it will rise at 03:11 – 3 hours and 47 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 20° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:14.
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Name
Alkaid
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 13h47m32s [3] |
| Declination: | +49°18'47" [3] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.86 (V) [3] 1.73 (BT) [2] 1.84 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 31.9 parsec 103.9 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.10 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 122.1 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 263.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.66 |
Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.