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44 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 83.53°   Az: 301.05°   Direction: West-North-West

44 Ursae Majoris is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

44 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 44 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-10.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 55m 05s
+54° 27’ 02”
00h 38m 15s
11h 33m 20s

J2000

10h 53m 34s
+54° 35’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

152.85°
55.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 44 Ursae Majoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.1
Giant

-1.48
K3III
4017K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Ursae Majoris is distant 676.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

207.47
676.35
1 km/s
-0.064 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

44 Ursae Majoris
SAO27815
SAO27815

Visibility from Your Location

44 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 01:09 UTC (altitude: 87.0°)