Psi Ursae Majoris
  Location of ψ Ursae Majoris (circled) | |
| Observation data ICRS )
| |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Right ascension | 11h 09m 39.80868s[1] |
| Declination | +44° 29′ 54.5520″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +3.01[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K1 III[3] |
| U−B color index | +1.12[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.14[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.27[5] |
| Details | |
Gyr | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Psi Ursae Majoris (Psi UMa, ψ Ursae Majoris, ψ UMa) is a
Chinese constellation
).
The
K-type star.[11]
Psi Ursae Majoris is a member of the
thin disk population of the Milky Way. It is following an orbit through the galaxy with a low eccentricity of 0.02 that will carry it between 26.5–27.8 kly (8.1–8.5 kpc) from the Galactic Center. The low inclination of its orbit means the star will only stray 130 ly (40 pc) from the galactic plane.[8]
References
- ^ S2CID 18759600
- ^
- ^ S2CID 118361131
- ^ S2CID 17804304
- S2CID 12136256.
- ^ S2CID 118533297
- S2CID 121883397.
- ^ S2CID 16602121
- ^ "psi UMa -- Star", SIMBAD, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2012-01-16
- ^ Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963), Star Names — Their Lore and Meaning: Ursa Major (Dover ed.), University of Chicago
- ^ "The Colour of Stars", Australia Telescope, Outreach and Education, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, December 21, 2004, archived from the original on March 18, 2012, retrieved 2012-01-16
