75 Ursae Majoris

Altitude: 28.7° Azimuth: 28.6° Direction: North-North-East

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

75 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its reltive faintness, 75 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 75 Ursae Majoris:

Color of 75 Ursae Majoris ⬤

Magnitude of 75 Ursae Majoris 6.08

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

75 Ursae Majoris is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 28.7°
Azimuth: 28.6°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 75 Ursae Majoris

75 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 75 Ursae Majoris are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 30m 04s

Declination J2000 +58° 46’ 02”

Galactic Longitude 128.18°

Galactic Latitude 58.14°

Constellation Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 75 Ursae Majoris in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 75 Ursae Majoris.

Visibility of 75 Ursae Majoris from your location

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

75 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 12:21 UTC (altitude: 82.7°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 75 Ursae Majoris

The image below is a photograph of 75 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 75 Ursae Majoris is 0.031 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.024 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 75 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 75 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 75 Ursae Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

75 Ursae Majoris is distant 427.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 131.23 pc

Distance (light year) 427.82 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.031 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.024 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 75 Ursae Majoris

75 Ursae Majoris belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.49

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature of 75 Ursae Majoris 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 75 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 75 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 75 Ursae Majoris

Flamsteed designation 75 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD108861

SAO Catalogue SAO28408

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60992

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+59 1446

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