Star profile
74 Ursae Majoris
What is 74 Ursae Majoris
74 Ursae Majoris is a white A-type star in the Great Bear, the constellation that anchors the northern hemisphere. It shines from just under three hundred light-years away, far from the spectacular Plough asterism yet within the same mythological figure. Its light set out at the dawn of the Enlightenment, when Newton was publishing his Principia.
Where it is and when to see it
74 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 83° up.
- From New York it never sets and culminates about 72° up.
- From Sydney it never rises above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 32° S.
It ranks no. 60 in brightness among the 124 stars of Ursa Major in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alioth, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 270 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 74 Ursae Majoris
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.37
- Distance
- 273.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 187.489° · Dec 58.406°
- Catalogue
- HIP 60978 · HD 108844
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Other stars in Ursa Major
Ursa Major has 124 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AliothEpsilon Ursae Majoris1.76
- DubheAlpha Ursae Majoris1.81
- AlkaidEta Ursae Majoris1.85
- 57 Ursae Majoris5.30
- 61 Ursae Majoris5.31
- HIP 402155.34
- Intercrus5.40
- HIP 657285.40