Star · Orange-red · Ursa Minor

Kochab

7 UMi · HIP 72607

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 20:20 · northwest · 51°

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Where is Kochab?

Times for LondonChange city

Look northwest, about 51° up at 20:20 in Ursa Minor.

From London tonight, Kochab is above the horizon all night. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the northwest at 51°.

At magnitude 2.1 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Kochab looks orange-red to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is K4III: orange giant (cooler than the Sun).

A orange-red point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange-red color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Kochab is a star in Ursa Minor, shining at magnitude 2.1. Its spectral type, K4III, marks it as: orange giant (cooler than the Sun).

Sources: SkyMate; Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences