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public  Lallayug, Philippines Lallayug, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:27 
Transit: 11:59 
Sunset: 18:32
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24 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:09 | Tran: 14:09 | Set: 0:05
Alt: 33.59°   Az: 345.92°   Direction: North-North-West

24 Ursae Majoris is a variable giant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

24 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 4.56. Because of its moderate brightness, 24 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.

Image of 24 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 24 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 36m 41s
+69° 42’ 55”
02h 23m 09s
11h 59m 50s

J2000

09h 34m 28s
+69° 49’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

142.55°
38.93°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.56
Giant

2.01
G4III
5373K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Ursae Majoris is distant 105.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

32.37
105.54
-27 km/s
-0.063 arcsec/y
0.077"/y

Alternative Designations

24 Ursae Majoris
SAO6897
SAO6897
Gl 355.1

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Ursae Majoris rise, transit and set times from Lallayug, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 20.3°
Max altitude: 38.0°
Azimuth: 339.7°