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Taiyangshou - χ Ursae Majoris (chi Ursae Majoris)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 19.54°   Az: 324.40°   Direction: North-West

Taiyangshou, also designated as χ Ursae Majoris (chi Ursae Majoris), is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

Taiyangshou visual magnitude is 3.71. Because of its moderate brightness, Taiyangshou is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of Taiyangshou - χ Ursae Majoris (chi Ursae Majoris) star
DSS2 image of Taiyangshou. The red arrow shows the motion of Taiyangshou during the next 1000 years (-2.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 47m 22s
+47° 38’ 23”
08h 21m 58s
20h 09m 20s

J2000

11h 46m 03s
+47° 46’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

150.32°
65.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Taiyangshou - χ Ursae Majoris (chi Ursae Majoris).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.71
Hypergiant

-0.18
K0III
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where Taiyangshou is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Taiyangshou is distant 195.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

60.10
195.91
-9 km/s
-0.137 arcsec/y
0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Taiyangshou
χ Ursae Majoris
(chi Ursae Majoris)
63 Ursae Majoris
SAO43886
SAO43886

Visibility from Your Location

Taiyangshou - χ Ursae Majoris (chi Ursae Majoris) is circumpolar and transits at 02:29 UTC (altitude: 86.2°)