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43 Ursae Majoris

Altitude: 21.7°   Azimuth: 340.4°   Direction: North-North-West

43 Ursae Majoris is a giant star in the constellation of Ursa Major.

43 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its reltive faintness, 43 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 43 Ursae Majoris is -0.058 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 43 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 43 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 43 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 43 Ursae Majoris

5.67
Giant

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

Altitude: 21.7°
Azimuth: 340.4°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 43 Ursae Majoris

43 Ursae Majoris is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 43 Ursae Majoris are provided in the following table:

10h 51m 11s
+56° 34’ 55”
150.63°
53.59°
Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 43 Ursae Majoris in the sky:

Finder chart 43 Ursae Majoris star
Simplified finder chart for 43 Ursae Majoris.

Visibility of 43 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

43 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 22:59 UTC (altitude: 84.9°)

Distance of 43 Ursae Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

43 Ursae Majoris is distant 349.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

107.30 pc
349.79 ly
15 km/s
-0.058 arcsec/year
0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 43 Ursae Majoris

43 Ursae Majoris belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.52
K2III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 43 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 43 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 43 Ursae Majoris

43 Ursae Majoris
SAO27791
SAO27791