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62 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:49 | Tran: 2:13 | Set: 11:32
Alt: 69.47°   Az: 162.83°   Direction: South-South-East

62 Ursae Majoris is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F4 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

62 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, 62 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 62 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 62 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 62 Ursae Majoris during the next 1000 years (-5.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.53 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 42m 53s
+31° 36’ 24”
23h 32m 04s
11h 14m 57s

J2000

11h 41m 34s
+31° 44’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

191.85°
74.13°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Main-sequence

2.67
F4V
6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 62 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 62 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

62 Ursae Majoris is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 62 Ursae Majoris double sysyem:

5.73
10.03
4.3
84.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

62 Ursae Majoris is distant 133.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

40.95
133.50
32 km/s
-0.351 arcsec/y
0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

62 Ursae Majoris
SAO62658
SAO62658

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 62 Ursae Majoris rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.4°
Max altitude: 70.1°
Azimuth: 301.6°