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Star · A3V

65 UMa

65 UMa is a main-sequence star of spectral type A3V in the constellation Ursa Major, 743.0 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 58112
ConstellationUrsa Major
Distance743.0 light-years (227.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.54
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.25
Spectral typeA3V
Surface temperature8,870 K
Luminosity125 L☉
Radius4.75 R☉
Mass3.61 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)11h 55m 06.0s
Declination (J2000)+46° 28′ 40″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)15.3 km/s

In the sky

Too faint for the naked eye (magnitude 6.54); binoculars will find it. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 44° S. North of latitude 44° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in March, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1283. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 13 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 65 UMa, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 11.62, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Phoenix. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.