Kochab (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From South El Monte , Kochab is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 05:50, 40° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:31 (PST), 26° above your northern horizon.
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Name
Kochab
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 14h50m42s [3] |
| Declination: | +74°09'19" [3] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Minor |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.06 (V) [3] 4.01 (BT) [2] 2.24 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 40.1 parsec 130.9 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.48 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 34.6 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 289.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.96 |
Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.