A-type star · white star

55 UMa

192 lybrightness mag 4.76A2V

Also catalogued as HR 4380 · HD 98353 · HIP 55266

8,904 K

temperature

4.76

apparent magnitude

37.60× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

A2V

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

192 years

at light speed from Earth

1.54×

as hot as the Sun

37.60×

the Sun's light output

0.91

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

55 UMaA-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4412 →18 ly apart
57 UMa →22 ly apart
58 UMa →25 ly apart
38 LMi →33 ly apart
HR 4545 →36 ly apart
Taiyangshou →36 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 4.8To 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.