Dubhe
One of the two pointer stars of the Big Dipper that lead the eye to Polaris, an orange giant.
Tonight from
Rise, highest point and set are worked out on your device for the place above.
What it is
- Brightness
- Magnitude 1.81, the 38th brightest star in the night sky
- Distance
- 123 light years
- Light it gives out
- About 230 times the Sun’s, in visible light
- Constellation
- Ursa Major, where it is α Ursae Majoris
- Catalogue number
- HIP 54061
Figures from HYG database 4.1 (Hipparcos, Yale Bright Star and Gliese catalogues), CC BY-SA 4.0. All sources