A-type star · white star

51 UMa

257 lybrightness mag 6.01A3III-IV

Also catalogued as HR 4309 · HD 95934 · HIP 54136

8,444 K

temperature

6.01

apparent magnitude

21.36× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A3III-IV

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

257 years

at light speed from Earth

1.46×

as hot as the Sun

21.36×

the Sun's light output

1.53

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

51 UMaA-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

45Ome UMa →26 ly apart
46 UMa →30 ly apart
HR 4256 →39 ly apart
33 LMi →40 ly apart
27 LMi →44 ly apart
30 LMi →45 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?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.