3 Ursae Minoris

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:17 | Tran: 20:30 | Set: 5:47

Alt: 23.57° Az: 349.28° Direction: South

3 Ursae Minoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Ursa Minor.

3 Ursae Minoris visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, 3 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 3 Ursae Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Ursae Minoris during the next 10000 years (-8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 07m 09s

Declination +74° 28’ 22”

Hour Angle 02h 38m 10s

Sidereal Time 16h 45m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 06m 56s

Declination +74° 35’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 116.34°

Galactic Latitude 41.55°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.45

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.81

Spectral Type A7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.14

Temperature 8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Ursae Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Ursae Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Ursae Minoris is distant 437.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 134.23

Distance (light year) 437.58

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.052 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 3 Ursae Minoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD124063

SAO Catalogue SAO7953

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68956

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+75 529

FK5 Catalogue 3125

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Ursae Minoris rise, transit and set times from Debre Tabor, Ethiopia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Addis_Ababa):

Azimuth: 15.5° RISE 11:17

Max altitude: 27.4° TRANSIT 20:30

Azimuth: 344.5° SET 5:47

Name:	Debre Tabor, Ethiopia
Latitude:	11° 50' 60.0" N
Longitude:	38° 1' 0.1" E
Timezone:	Africa/Addis_Ababa

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