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Alpha Ursae Minoris

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Alpha UMiα UMiPolarisDouble star in Ursa Minor

Alpha Ursae Minoris

Object Alpha Ursae Minoris
Observed at Dunaharaszti, HU, 2025-08-18
NELM ~ 4.5
Aperture 127 mm
Magnification 103x
FOV 0.66°

Object data

Objects Alpha UMi A Alpha UMi B
Fetched as HD 8890  
Desc. Binary with a yellow main sequence supergiant primary Main sequence star
RA 02h 31m 47s †  
Dec 89° 15’ 51” †  
Magnitude 2.0 8.7
Spectral class F7Ib + F6V F3V

† fetched from astronomyapi.com