Dubhe (Star)
![Dubhe Image of Dubhe](https://in-the-sky.org/image.php?style=medium&userimg=19910715_115941_03e1b0637125.png)
From Fairfield , Dubhe is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky at dusk, becoming accessible at around 20:42 (EDT), 32° above your north-western horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:08, 18° above your northern horizon.
Name
Dubhe
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Object type
Star
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Right ascension: | 11h03m43s [3] |
Declination: | +61°45'04" [3] |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Magnitude: Variable | 1.82 (V) [3] 3.19 (BT) [2] 1.93 (VT) [2] |
Distance: | 37.7 parsec 122.8 lightyrs [5] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.06 |
Proper motion (speed): | 138.5 mas/yr[5] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 255.5° |
Absolute mag (V): | -1.06 |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.