Its story
20 UMi has a visual magnitude of about 5.97: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 20 UMi: right ascension 16h 12m 32s, declination +75° 12′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).
20 UMi. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79420, HD 147142, Gaia DR3 1702919077909941248. 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 79420
- Right ascension
- 16h 12m 32s
- Declination
- +75° 12′ 39″
- Magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- ≈ 696 ly
Data: gaia-dr3