Alpha Ursa Minoris
Star 10 of 100
Constellation: Ursa Minor
Difficulty: Easy
Right Ascension: 02h 31m.8
Declination: +89° 16'
Magnitude: 2.0, 9.1
Separation: 18.4"
Position Angle: 236°
Last WDS Measure: 2016
My Observation Details
| Object Name: | Alpha Ursa Minoris |
| Seeing: | G |
| Transparency: | 4 |
| Lat/Lon: | 35.16, -85.37 |
| Instrument: | 1300/102 (Orion Apex Maksutov) |
| Power: | 130x |
| Date: | 5-11-24 |
| Time: | 9:38pm EST |
| Est. P.A.: | 182 deg |
Observation Notes
Visual Description
Additional Notes
The seeing really messed with finding the secondary star. Had to measure direction by using the drift method. My est. PA was far off initially. I think it’s because celestial north as more counterclockwise than I thought.
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