K-type star · orange

43 UMa

357 lybrightness mag 5.66K2III

Also catalogued as HR 4235 · HD 93859 · HIP 53043

4,447 K

temperature

5.66

apparent magnitude

56.91× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

357 years

at light speed from Earth

0.77×

as hot as the Sun

56.91×

the Sun's light output

0.46

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

43 UMaK-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

39 UMa →15 ly apart
HR 4242 →47 ly apart
HR 3958 →59 ly apart
HR 4072 →61 ly apart
35 UMa →62 ly apart
HR 3911 →65 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Major

Alioth →mag 1.8
Dubhe →mag 1.8
Alkaid →mag 1.9
Merak →mag 2.3
Phecda →mag 2.4
52Psi UMa →mag 3.0
Tania Australis →mag 3.1
Talitha →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ursa Major

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.