Merak (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn , Merak is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible around 20:48 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 26° above your north-western horizon. It will then sink towards the horizon, becoming tricky to observe after 22:40 when it dips 14° above your north-western horizon. At 05:28, it will return to an altitude of 14° above your north-eastern horizon, and reach an altitude of 15° before fading from view as dawn breaks around 05:36.
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Name
Merak
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.35 (V) [2] 2.38 (BT) [1] 2.35 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.03 |
| Right ascension: | 11h01m50s [2] |
| Declination: | +56°22'56" [2] |
| Distance: | 24.4 parsec 79.7 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 88.0 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 67.6° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.41 |