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.

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

Right Ascension 17h 21m 31s

Declination +86° 56’ 49”

Hour Angle 08h 46m 01s

Sidereal Time 02h 07m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 17h 30m 47s

Declination +86° 58’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 119.7°

Galactic Latitude 28.14°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.79

Class

Absolute magnitude 2.39

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.25

Temperature 7795K

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

Distance (parsec) 47.89

Distance (light year) 156.13

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.059 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Ursae Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD166926

SAO Catalogue SAO2940

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP85699

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+86 272

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° RISE 17:28

Max altitude: 2.4° TRANSIT 22:36

Azimuth: 356.9° SET 3:48

Name:	Sagana, Kenya
Latitude:	0° 40' 0.0" S
Longitude:	37° 12' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Africa/Nairobi

Set Location

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