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HIP 49005

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is HIP 49005

In the Big Dipper, familiar asterism of the northern skies, an orange K-type star beats at about 500 light-years. Its light set out around 1526, in the heart of the Renaissance, when European cartographers were redrawing the planet after the first circumnavigations. Cooler and more golden than the Sun, it radiates that quiet amber tone typical of giants well into their stellar lives.

Where it is and when to see it

HIP 49005 lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.

  • From London it never sets and culminates about 85° up.
  • From New York it never sets and culminates about 74° up.
  • From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 33° S.

It ranks no. 68 in brightness among the 124 stars of Ursa Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alioth, the brightest: it lies about 24° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 500 years ago.

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Astronomical data for HIP 49005

Constellation
Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude
5.50
Distance
500.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 149.965° · Dec 56.812°
Catalogue
HIP 49005 · HD 86378

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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