Its story
17 UMa has a visual magnitude of about 4.66: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 17 UMa: right ascension 9h 15m 50s, declination +56° 44′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
17 UMa. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45455, HD 79354, Gaia DR3 1024535246979166080. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 45455
- Right ascension
- 9h 15m 50s
- Declination
- +56° 44′ 29″
- Magnitude
- 4.66
- Distance
- ≈ 726 ly
Data: gaia-dr3