82 Ursae Majoris

Altitude: 33.4° Azimuth: 315.0° Direction: North-West

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

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

Color of 82 Ursae Majoris ⬤

Magnitude of 82 Ursae Majoris 5.46

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 33.4°
Azimuth: 315.0°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 82 Ursae Majoris

82 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 82 Ursae Majoris are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 39m 30s

Declination J2000 +52° 55’ 17”

Galactic Longitude 107.04°

Galactic Latitude 62.7°

Constellation Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 82 Ursae Majoris in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 82 Ursae Majoris.

Visibility of 82 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

82 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 13:27 UTC (altitude: 88.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of 82 Ursae Majoris

The image below is a photograph of 82 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 82 Ursae Majoris is -0.142 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.06 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of 82 Ursae Majoris from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 169.17 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.142 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.06 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 82 Ursae Majoris

82 Ursae Majoris belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.88

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.1

Temperature of 82 Ursae Majoris 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

Alternative designations of 82 Ursae Majoris

Flamsteed designation 82 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD119024

SAO Catalogue SAO28832

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66634

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+53 1640

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