66 Ursae Majoris

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

66 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its reltive faintness, 66 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 66 Ursae Majoris:

Color of 66 Ursae Majoris ⬤

Magnitude of 66 Ursae Majoris 5.84

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 66 Ursae Majoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 62°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 66 Ursae Majoris

66 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 66 Ursae Majoris are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 55m 58s

Declination J2000 +56° 35’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 137.73°

Galactic Latitude 58.91°

Constellation Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 66 Ursae Majoris in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 66 Ursae Majoris.

Visibility of 66 Ursae Majoris from your location

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

66 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 23:55 UTC (altitude: 84.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 66 Ursae Majoris

The image below is a photograph of 66 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 66 Ursae Majoris is 0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 66 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 66 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 66 Ursae Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

66 Ursae Majoris is distant 315.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 96.71 pc

Distance (light year) 315.28 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 66 Ursae Majoris

66 Ursae Majoris belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.91

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature of 66 Ursae Majoris 4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 66 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 66 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 66 Ursae Majoris

Flamsteed designation 66 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD103605

SAO Catalogue SAO28191

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58181

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+57 1343

FK5 Catalogue 2953

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