58 Ursae Majoris

Altitude: 65.9° Azimuth: 263.3° Direction: West

58 Ursae Majoris is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Ursa Major.

58 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its reltive faintness, 58 Ursae Majoris should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 58 Ursae Majoris:

Color of 58 Ursae Majoris ⬤

Magnitude of 58 Ursae Majoris 5.94

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

58 Ursae Majoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 65.9°
Azimuth: 263.3°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 58 Ursae Majoris

58 Ursae Majoris is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 58 Ursae Majoris are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 30m 31s

Declination J2000 +43° 10’ 23”

Galactic Longitude 163.28°

Galactic Latitude 67.08°

Constellation Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 58 Ursae Majoris in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 58 Ursae Majoris.

Visibility of 58 Ursae Majoris from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

58 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 06:11 UTC (altitude: 81.7°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 58 Ursae Majoris

The image below is a photograph of 58 Ursae Majoris from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 58 Ursae Majoris is -0.05 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.083 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 58 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 58 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 58 Ursae Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

58 Ursae Majoris is distant 182.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 56.12 pc

Distance (light year) 182.94 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -30 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.05 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.083 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 58 Ursae Majoris

58 Ursae Majoris belongs to spectral class F4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 2.19

Spectral Type F4V

Color Index (B-V) 0.49

Temperature of 58 Ursae Majoris 6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 58 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 58 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 58 Ursae Majoris

Flamsteed designation 58 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD99984

SAO Catalogue SAO43787

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56148

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+43 2122

FK5 Catalogue 432

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