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Sunrise: 5:13 
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Sunset: 20:39
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84 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 35.97°   Az: 314.39°   Direction: North-West

84 Ursae Majoris is a variable star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

84 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, 84 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 84 Ursae Majoris star
DSS2 image of 84 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 84 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 47m 32s
+54° 18’ 24”
06h 30m 25s
20h 17m 57s

J2000

13h 46m 35s
+54° 25’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

106.38°
60.89°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.7
84 Ursae Majoris is also a EuCr chemically peculiar star.

1.02
B9
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 84 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 84 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

84 Ursae Majoris is distant 281.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

86.36
281.52
-2 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

84 Ursae Majoris
SAO28885
SAO28885

Visibility from Your Location

84 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 22:23 UTC (altitude: 87.2°)