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43 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 67.28°   Az: 297.67°   Direction: West-North-West

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

43 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, 43 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 52m 44s
+56° 26’ 49”
02h 32m 56s
13h 25m 40s

J2000

10h 51m 11s
+56° 34’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

150.63°
53.59°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Giant

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
349.79
15 km/s
-0.058 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

43 Ursae Majoris
SAO27791
SAO27791

Visibility from Your Location

43 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 19:29 UTC (altitude: 85.0°)