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Sunset: 20:44
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42 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 24.76°   Az: 20.09°   Direction: North-North-East

42 Ursae Majoris is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

42 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, 42 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 42 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 42 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 42 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 52m 58s
+59° 11’ 05”
14h 29m 59s
01h 22m 58s

J2000

10h 51m 23s
+59° 19’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

147.28°
51.76°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Giant

1.05
K2III
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 42 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 42 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

42 Ursae Majoris is distant 263.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

80.71
263.12
-17 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y
-0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

42 Ursae Majoris
SAO27793
SAO27793

Visibility from Your Location

42 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 19:17 UTC (altitude: 82.3°)