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26 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 21.40°   Az: 30.05°   Direction: North-North-East

26 Ursae Majoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

26 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 4.5. Because of its moderate brightness, 26 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 26 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 26 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 36m 33s
+51° 56’ 13”
15h 16m 33s
00h 53m 06s

J2000

09h 34m 49s
+52° 03’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

164.83°
45.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 26 Ursae Majoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.5
Main-sequence

-0.07
A2V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Ursae Majoris is distant 266.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

81.90
266.99
23 km/s
-0.065 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

26 Ursae Majoris
SAO27298
SAO27298

Visibility from Your Location

26 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 17:53 UTC (altitude: 89.5°)