82 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon. Circumpolar today

Alt: 55.17° Az: 64.30° Direction: East-North-East

82 Ursae Majoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

82 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, 82 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.

DSS2 image of 82 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 82 Ursae Majoris during the next 1000 years (-2.37 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 40m 28s

Declination +52° 47’ 46”

Hour Angle 20h 06m 39s

Sideral Time 09h 47m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 39m 30s

Declination +52° 55’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 107.04°

Galactic Latitude 62.7°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 82 Ursae Majoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.46

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.88

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.1

Temperature 9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 82 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 82 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

82 Ursae Majoris is distant 169.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 51.89

Distance (light year) 169.17

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.142 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.06"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 82 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD119024

SAO Catalogue SAO28832

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66634

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+53 1640

Visibility from Your Location

82 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 12:18 UTC (altitude: 88.7°)

Set Location

Other stars in Ursa Major