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46 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:51 | Tran: 1:35 | Set: 11:15
Alt: 71.82°   Az: 174.17°   Direction: South

46 Ursae Majoris is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

46 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its faintness, 46 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 46 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 46 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 46 Ursae Majoris during the next 1000 years (-1.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 57m 07s
+33° 22’ 20”
23h 51m 17s
10h 48m 25s

J2000

10h 55m 44s
+33° 30’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

191.47°
64.32°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.03
Giant

0.65
K1III
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 46 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 46 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

46 Ursae Majoris is distant 244.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

75.02
244.56
-22 km/s
-0.109 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

46 Ursae Majoris
SAO62314
SAO62314

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 46 Ursae Majoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.6°
Max altitude: 71.9°
Azimuth: 303.4°