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public  Sagana, Kenya Sagana, Kenya  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Nairobi
Sunrise: 6:35 
Transit: 12:36 
Sunset: 18:38
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24 Ursae Minoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:28 | Tran: 22:36 | Set: 3:48
Alt: -2.69°   Az: 357.71°   Direction: North

24 Ursae Minoris is a star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Ursa Minor.

24 Ursae Minoris visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, 24 Ursae Minoris 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 24 Ursae Minoris star
DSS2 image of 24 Ursae Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Ursae Minoris during the next 10000 years (9.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 21m 31s
+86° 56’ 49”
08h 46m 01s
02h 07m 33s

J2000

17h 30m 47s
+86° 58’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

119.7°
28.14°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79

2.39
A2
7795K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Ursae Minoris is distant 156.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

47.89
156.13
1 km/s
0.059 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

24 Ursae Minoris
SAO2940
SAO2940

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Ursae Minoris rise, transit and set times from Sagana, Kenya are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Nairobi):

Azimuth: 3.1°
Max altitude: 2.4°
Azimuth: 356.9°