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5 Ursae Minoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 41.13°   Az: 345.36°   Direction: North-North-West

5 Ursae Minoris is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Ursa Minor.

5 Ursae Minoris visual magnitude is 4.25. Because of its moderate brightness, 5 Ursae Minoris is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 5 Ursae Minoris star
DSS2 image of 5 Ursae Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Ursae Minoris during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 27m 30s
+75° 34’ 59”
08h 40m 31s
23h 08m 01s

J2000

14h 27m 31s
+75° 41’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

115.39°
39.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 5 Ursae Minoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.25
Giant

-0.87
K4III
3886K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Ursae Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Ursae Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

5 Ursae Minoris is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 5 Ursae Minoris double sysyem:

4.25
12.05
7.8
58.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Ursae Minoris is distant 344.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

105.71
344.61
10 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

5 Ursae Minoris
SAO8024
SAO8024

Visibility from Your Location

5 Ursae Minoris is circumpolar and transits at 22:43 UTC (altitude: 65.9°)