Alioth (Star)
![Alioth Image of Alioth](https://in-the-sky.org/image.php?style=medium&userimg=19910715_115942_821e56ca448d.png)
From Cambridge , Alioth is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 21:15 (EDT), 55° above your north-western horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:22, 10° above your northern horizon.
Name
Alioth
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 12h54m01s [3] |
Declination: | +55°57'35" [3] |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Magnitude: Variable | 1.76 (V) [3] 1.81 (BT) [2] 1.76 (VT) [2] |
Distance: | 25.3 parsec 82.5 lightyrs [5] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.04 |
Proper motion (speed): | 112.2 mas/yr[5] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 94.2° |
Absolute mag (V): | -0.26 |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.