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74 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 22.63°   Az: 342.91°   Direction: North-North-West

74 Ursae Majoris is a star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

74 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its faintness, 74 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 74 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 74 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 74 Ursae Majoris during the next 1000 years (-1.03 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 31m 07s
+58° 16’ 02”
09h 55m 48s
22h 26m 55s

J2000

12h 29m 57s
+58° 24’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

128.32°
58.5°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.35

0.72
A5
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 74 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 74 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

74 Ursae Majoris is distant 274.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

84.18
274.41
7 km/s
-0.062 arcsec/y
0.091"/y

Alternative Designations

74 Ursae Majoris
SAO28405
SAO28405

Visibility from Your Location

74 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 03:05 UTC (altitude: 83.2°)