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 all night. It will become visible around 21:26 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 76° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:14, 79° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:51, 23° above your north-western horizon.
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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 |