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Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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71 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 21.91°   Az: 340.09°   Direction: North-North-West

71 Ursae Majoris is a giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

71 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its faintness, 71 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 71 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 71 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 71 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 26m 15s
+56° 38’ 13”
09h 39m 46s
22h 06m 01s

J2000

12h 25m 03s
+56° 46’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

130.16°
59.98°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.81
Giant

-2.00
M3III
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 71 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 71 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

71 Ursae Majoris is distant 1,189.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

364.96
1,189.78
-17 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

71 Ursae Majoris
SAO28375
SAO28375

Visibility from Your Location

71 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 20:43 UTC (altitude: 84.8°)