F-type star · yellow-white star

59 UMa

152 lybrightness mag 5.56F2II-III

Also catalogued as HR 4477 · HD 101107 · HIP 56770

7,170 K

temperature

5.56

apparent magnitude

11.24× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

F2II-III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

152 years

at light speed from Earth

1.24×

as hot as the Sun

11.24×

the Sun's light output

2.22

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

59 UMaF-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

52Psi UMa →15 ly apart
HR 4285 →19 ly apart
58 UMa →23 ly apart
7 CVn →31 ly apart
HR 4574 →32 ly apart
62 UMa →34 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 5.6To 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.