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Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 19:55
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76 Ursae Majoris

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:53 | Tran: 19:08 | Set: 4:26
Alt: -3.98°   Az: 349.60°   Direction: North

76 Ursae Majoris is a giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

76 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, 76 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 76 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 76 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 76 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 42m 40s
+62° 34’ 24”
10h 27m 55s
23h 10m 35s

J2000

12h 41m 33s
+62° 42’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

124.87°
54.38°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Giant

-0.19
A2III
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 76 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 76 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

76 Ursae Majoris is distant 581.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

178.25
581.11
-4 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

76 Ursae Majoris
SAO15871
SAO15871

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 76 Ursae Majoris rise, transit and set times from Minas, Cuba are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Havana):

Azimuth: 27.4°
Max altitude: 48.9°
Azimuth: 332.6°