K-type star · orange

Dubhe

123 lybrightness mag 1.81F7V comp

Also catalogued as 50Alp UMa · HR 4301 · HD 95689 · HIP 54061

4,601 K

temperature

1.81

apparent magnitude

233× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F7V comp

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

123 years

at light speed from Earth

0.80×

as hot as the Sun

233×

the Sun's light output

-1.07

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

DubheK-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4421 →16 ly apart
29Ups UMa →21 ly apart
14Tau UMa →28 ly apart
HR 4051 →29 ly apart
HR 4243 →29 ly apart
24 UMa →30 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Major

Alioth →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
25The UMa →mag 3.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 1.8To 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.