59 Ursae Majoris

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

59 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its reltive faintness, 59 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 59 Ursae Majoris:

Color of 59 Ursae Majoris ⬤

Magnitude of 59 Ursae Majoris 5.59

Class Bright giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 59 Ursae Majoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 31°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 59 Ursae Majoris

59 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 59 Ursae Majoris are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 38m 20s

Declination J2000 +43° 37’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 159.98°

Galactic Latitude 67.87°

Constellation Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 59 Ursae Majoris in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 59 Ursae Majoris.

Visibility of 59 Ursae Majoris from your location

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

59 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 23:41 UTC (altitude: 82.1°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 59 Ursae Majoris

The image below is a photograph of 59 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 59 Ursae Majoris is -0.145 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.033 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 59 Ursae Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 45.64 pc

Distance (light year) 148.79 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.145 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.033 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 59 Ursae Majoris

59 Ursae Majoris belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a bright giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.29

Spectral Type F2II

Color Index (B-V) 0.33

Temperature of 59 Ursae Majoris 7276K

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

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

Alternative designations of 59 Ursae Majoris

Flamsteed designation 59 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD101107

SAO Catalogue SAO43837

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56770

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+44 2110

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