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4 Ursae Minoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 54.69°   Az: 20.32°   Direction: North-North-East

4 Ursae Minoris is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Ursa Minor.

4 Ursae Minoris visual magnitude is 4.82. Because of its moderate brightness, 4 Ursae Minoris 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 4 Ursae Minoris star
DSS2 image of 4 Ursae Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 4 Ursae Minoris during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 08m 47s
+77° 25’ 40”
19h 30m 54s
09h 39m 42s

J2000

14h 08m 50s
+77° 32’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

117.67°
38.78°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.82
Giant

-1.11
K3III
4017K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 4 Ursae Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 4 Ursae Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

4 Ursae Minoris is distant 500.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

153.37
500.00
6 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

4 Ursae Minoris
SAO7958
SAO7958

Visibility from Your Location

4 Ursae Minoris is circumpolar and transits at 21:45 UTC (altitude: 64.1°)