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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:53 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:02
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39 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 18.55°   Az: 359.82°   Direction: North

39 Ursae Majoris is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

39 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, 39 Ursae Majoris 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 39 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 39 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 39 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 45m 18s
+57° 03’ 55”
11h 58m 43s
22h 44m 01s

J2000

10h 43m 43s
+57° 11’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

150.95°
52.42°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.8
Hypergiant

0.54
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 39 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 39 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

39 Ursae Majoris is distant 367.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

112.74
367.53
-15 km/s
0.017 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

39 Ursae Majoris
SAO27748
SAO27748

Visibility from Your Location

39 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 18:19 UTC (altitude: 84.4°)