Star profile

HIP 48113

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is HIP 48113

In Ursa Major, only sixty light-years away, shines a G-type yellow star much like the Sun. The light now crossing our telescopes departed around 1966, when the Venera 3 probe became the first human object to reach another planet. It is an astronomical neighbour, a familiar hearth repeated in the dark: the same chemistry, the same temperate hue, another yellow star pulsing quietly.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 48113 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is February, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never sets and culminates about 85° up.
From New York it culminates about 85° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 10° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 44° S.

It ranks no. 44 in brightness among the 124 stars of Ursa Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alioth, the brightest: it lies about 30° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 60 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 48113

Constellation: Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.08
Distance: 59.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 147.147° · Dec 46.021°
Catalogue: HIP 48113 · HD 84737

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Other stars in Ursa Major

Ursa Major has 124 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 124 stars in Ursa Major