- Stars with a name
- Alula Australis B
Alula Australis B
ξ Ursae Majoris
Alula Australis B is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Ursa Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1992.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in February, March, April, May, and June.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 4.80.
What it’s like
It gives off about as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,800 degrees.
It is 34.0 light years away: 321 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1992: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.