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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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17 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 43.77°   Az: 49.18°   Direction: North-East

17 Ursae Majoris is a variable giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

17 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, 17 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 17 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 17 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 17m 41s
+56° 38’ 03”
18h 25m 41s
03h 43m 22s

J2000

09h 15m 49s
+56° 44’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

159.52°
41.98°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.27
Giant

-1.33
K5III
3705K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Ursae Majoris is distant 680.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

208.77
680.58
-30 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

17 Ursae Majoris
SAO27185
SAO27185

Visibility from Your Location

17 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 17:27 UTC (altitude: 84.8°)