43 Ursae Majoris

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 skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 43 Ursae Majoris:

Color of 43 Ursae Majoris ⬤

Magnitude of 43 Ursae Majoris 5.67

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 43 Ursae Majoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 48°.

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:

Right Ascension J2000 10h 51m 11s

Declination J2000 +56° 34’ 55”

Galactic Longitude 150.63°

Galactic Latitude 53.59°

Constellation Ursa Major

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

Simplified finder chart for 43 Ursae Majoris.

Visibility of 43 Ursae Majoris from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

43 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 22:50 UTC (altitude: 84.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 43 Ursae Majoris

The image below is a photograph of 43 Ursae Majoris from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). 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.

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);

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.

Distance (parsec) 107.30 pc

Distance (light year) 349.79 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.058 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 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.

Absolute magnitude 0.52

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature of 43 Ursae Majoris 4472K

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

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

Alternative designations of 43 Ursae Majoris

Flamsteed designation 43 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD93859

SAO Catalogue SAO27791

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53043

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+57 1294

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