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27 Ursae Majoris

Altitude: 33.7°   Azimuth: 358.9°   Direction: North

27 Ursae Majoris is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Ursa Major.

27 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.17. Because of its reltive faintness, 27 Ursae Majoris should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 27 Ursae Majoris is -0.026 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.03 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 27 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 27 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 27 Ursae Majoris

5.17
Hypergiant

27 Ursae Majoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 33.7°
Azimuth: 358.9°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 27 Ursae Majoris

27 Ursae Majoris is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 27 Ursae Majoris are provided in the following table:

09h 42m 57s
+72° 15’ 08”
139.45°
38.23°
Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 27 Ursae Majoris in the sky:

Finder chart 27 Ursae Majoris star
Simplified finder chart for 27 Ursae Majoris.

Visibility of 27 Ursae Majoris from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

27 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 21:51 UTC (altitude: 69.2°)

Distance of 27 Ursae Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

27 Ursae Majoris is distant 441.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

135.50 pc
441.73 ly
-17 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/year
-0.03 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 27 Ursae Majoris

27 Ursae Majoris belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

-0.49
K0III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 27 Ursae Majoris

27 Ursae Majoris
SAO6936
SAO6936