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56 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 66.64°   Az: 97.41°   Direction: East

56 Ursae Majoris is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

56 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, 56 Ursae Majoris 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 56 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 56 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 56 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 24m 11s
+43° 20’ 41”
21h 49m 04s
09h 13m 15s

J2000

11h 22m 49s
+43° 28’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

164.73°
65.77°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.99
Giant

-0.90
G7III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 56 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 56 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

56 Ursae Majoris is distant 491.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

150.83
491.70
3 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

56 Ursae Majoris
SAO43719
SAO43719

Visibility from Your Location

56 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 02:06 UTC (altitude: 81.9°)