86 Ursae Majoris

Above the horizon. Circumpolar today

Alt: 49.62° Az: 301.20° Direction: West-North-West

86 Ursae Majoris is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

86 Ursae Majoris visual magnitude is 5.7. Because of its faintness, 86 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 86 Ursae Majoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 86 Ursae Majoris during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 54m 45s

Declination +53° 36’ 26”

Hour Angle 04h 36m 19s

Sideral Time 18h 31m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 53m 51s

Declination +53° 43’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 103.76°

Galactic Latitude 61.01°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 86 Ursae Majoris.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.7

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.03

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.05

Temperature 10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 86 Ursae Majoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 86 Ursae Majoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

86 Ursae Majoris is distant 443.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 136.05

Distance (light year) 443.54

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 86 Ursae Majoris

Henry Draper Catalogue HD121409

SAO Catalogue SAO28928

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67848

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+54 1630

Visibility from Your Location

86 Ursae Majoris is circumpolar and transits at 12:40 UTC (altitude: 87.9°)

Set Location

Other stars in Ursa Major