Its story
18 UMa has a visual magnitude of about 4.75: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 18 UMa: right ascension 9h 16m 11s, declination +54° 1′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
18 UMa. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45493, HD 79439, Gaia DR3 1022858010710856576. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 45493
- Right ascension
- 9h 16m 11s
- Declination
- +54° 01′ 20″
- Magnitude
- 4.75
- Distance
- ≈ 117 ly
Data: gaia-dr3