Its story
68 UMa has a visual magnitude of about 5.77: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 68 UMa: right ascension 12h 11m 45s, declination +57° 3′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).
68 UMa. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59458, HD 106002, Gaia DR3 1575251587353474944. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 59458
- Right ascension
- 12h 11m 45s
- Declination
- +57° 03′ 16″
- Magnitude
- 5.77
- Distance
- ≈ 840 ly
Data: gaia-dr3