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59 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 80.33°   Az: 217.37°   Direction: South-West

59 Ursae Majoris is a bright giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

59 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, 59 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 59 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 59 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 59 Ursae Majoris during the next 1000 years (-2.42 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.55 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 39m 41s
+43° 29’ 05”
00h 32m 17s
12h 11m 59s

J2000

11h 38m 20s
+43° 37’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

159.98°
67.87°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Bright giant

2.29
F2II
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 59 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 59 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

59 Ursae Majoris is distant 148.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

45.64
148.79
2 km/s
-0.145 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

59 Ursae Majoris
SAO43837
SAO43837

Visibility from Your Location

59 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 20:00 UTC (altitude: 82.0°)