Star profile

49 Ursae Majoris

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What is 49 Ursae Majoris

49 Ursae Majoris dwells within the great figure of Ursa Major, the bowl-and-handle that has helped so many generations find north. A white A-class star, hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it shines at magnitude 5.06 from 377 light-years away. The light settling on the eye tonight left that surface in the era when Cassini was charting the rings of Saturn.

Where it is and when to see it

49 Ursae Majoris 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 78° up.
From New York it culminates about 89° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 17° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 51° S.

It ranks no. 43 in brightness among the 124 stars of Ursa Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alioth, the brightest: it lies about 25° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 380 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 49 Ursae Majoris

Constellation: Ursa Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.06
Distance: 376.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 165.210° · Dec 39.212°
Catalogue: HIP 53838 · HD 95310

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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