56 Ursae Majoris

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:52 | Tran: 17:19 | Set: 23:46

Alt: -37.81° Az: 11.41° Direction: North-North-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.

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

Right Ascension 11h 24m 13s

Declination +43° 20’ 33”

Hour Angle 12h 49m 37s

Sidereal Time 00h 13m 50s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 22m 49s

Declination +43° 28’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 164.73°

Galactic Latitude 65.77°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.99

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.90

Spectral Type G7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.99

Temperature 4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 56 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.

Distance (parsec) 150.83

Distance (light year) 491.70

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.038 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 56 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD98839

SAO Catalogue SAO43719

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55560

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+44 2083

FK5 Catalogue 2908

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 56 Ursae Majoris rise, transit and set times from Ile-Ogbo, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 46.7° RISE 10:52

Max altitude: 54.3° TRANSIT 17:19

Azimuth: 313.3° SET 23:46

Name:	Ile-Ogbo, Nigeria
Latitude:	7° 37' 16.6" N
Longitude:	4° 14' 43.1" E
Timezone:	Africa/Lagos

Set Location

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