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16 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 31.91°   Az: 28.69°   Direction: North-North-East

16 Ursae Majoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

16 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.13. Because of its faintness, 16 Ursae Majoris is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 16 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 16 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 16m 16s
+61° 19’ 11”
15h 52m 29s
01h 08m 45s

J2000

09h 14m 20s
+61° 25’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

153.62°
40.47°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 16 Ursae Majoris star
Simplified finder chart for 16 Ursae Majoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.13
Main-sequence

3.67
F9V
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Ursae Majoris is distant 63.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

19.56
63.77
-14 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

16 Ursae Majoris
SAO14819
SAO14819
Gl 337.1

Visibility from Your Location

16 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 09:25 UTC (altitude: 80.2°)