Alkaid (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , Alkaid is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible around 19:02 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 24° above your north-western horizon. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 5 hours and 16 minutes after the Sun at 23:30 (EDT). In the morning, it will rise at 01:35 – 6 hours and 0 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 30° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks around 06:47.
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Name
Alkaid
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.86 (V) [2] 1.73 (BT) [1] 1.84 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.10 |
| Right ascension: | 13h47m32s [2] |
| Declination: | +49°18'47" [2] |
| Distance: | 31.9 parsec 103.9 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 122.1 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 263.0° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.66 |
Visibility from Ashburn
All times shown in Ashburn local time.