Star · White · Ursa Major

Phecda

64 UMa · HIP 58001

Above the horizon all nightHighest after dark 05:17 · northeast · 35°

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Where is Phecda?

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Look northeast, about 35° up at 05:17 in Ursa Major.

From London tonight, Phecda is above the horizon all night. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the northeast at 35°.

At magnitude 2.4 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.

Phecda looks white to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is A0Ve+K2V: white main-sequence star (hotter than the Sun).

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

Brighter, and its white 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.

Phecda is a star in Ursa Major, shining at magnitude 2.4. Its spectral type, A0Ve+K2V, marks it as: white main-sequence star (hotter than the Sun).

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