Its story
24 UMi has a visual magnitude of about 5.74: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 24 UMi: right ascension 17h 30m 49s, declination +86° 58′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
24 UMi. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 85699, HD 166926, Gaia DR3 1727877167227120128. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 85699
- Right ascension
- 17h 30m 49s
- Declination
- +86° 58′ 05″
- Magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- ≈ 157 ly
Data: gaia-dr3