15 Ursae Majoris
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 15.38°
Az: 16.72°
Direction: North-North-East
15 Ursae Majoris is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.
15 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 4.48. Because of its moderate brightness, 15 Ursae Majoris is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.
DSS2 image of 15 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 15 Ursae Majoris during the next
1000 years (-2.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for 15 Ursae Majoris.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 15 Ursae Majoris is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 15 Ursae Majoris.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
15 Ursae Majoris is distant 95.55 light years from the Sun
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
15 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 16:40 UTC (altitude: 90.0°)