★ Star Epsilon Ursae Majoris | Nearby stars catalogue

White-Blue star Epsilon Ursae Majoris is located 82.6 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class A1III-IVpkB9, that has 291 of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Epsilon Ursae Majoris

White-Blue star (spectral class A1III-IVpkB9)

Mass: 2.91 M Sun

Size: 4.14 R Sun

Temperature: 9020 K | 1.56 T Sun

Age: 0.3 billions years | 0.07 Sun

Luminosity: 102 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 1.77

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

More about Epsilon Ursae Majoris

      Nearby star Epsilon Ursae Majoris can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is observable also from Northern America, Europe and Asia.  Epsilon Ursae Majoris is about 4 times bigger than the Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 9020 K (8747 °C), which is about 156 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
* eps UMa, Alioth, Allioth, Aliath, ε UMa, 77 Ursae Majoris, BD+56°1627, FK5 483, GC 17518, HD 112185, HIC 62956, HIP 62956, HR 4905, PPM 33769, SAO 28553

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (* eps UMa)

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