Its story
5 UMa has a visual magnitude of about 5.64: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 5 UMa: right ascension 8h 53m 23s, declination +61° 57′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
5 UMa. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43644, HD 75486, Gaia DR3 1042950073879881600. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 43644
- Right ascension
- 8h 53m 23s
- Declination
- +61° 57′ 45″
- Magnitude
- 5.64
- Distance
- ≈ 278 ly
Data: gaia-dr3