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3 Ursae Minoris

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 57.42°   Az: 24.88°   Direction: North-North-East

3 Ursae Minoris is a main-sequence star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Ursa Minor.

3 Ursae Minoris visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, 3 Ursae Minoris is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 3 Ursae Minoris star
DSS2 image of 3 Ursae Minoris. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Ursae Minoris during the next 10000 years (-8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 07m 10s
+74° 28’ 21”
20h 08m 47s
10h 15m 57s

J2000

14h 06m 56s
+74° 35’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

116.34°
41.55°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Main-sequence

0.81
A7V
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Ursae Minoris is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Ursae Minoris. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Ursae Minoris is distant 437.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

134.23
437.58
-4 km/s
-0.052 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

3 Ursae Minoris
SAO7953
SAO7953

Visibility from Your Location

3 Ursae Minoris is circumpolar and transits at 18:23 UTC (altitude: 67.0°)