- Stars with a name
- Chalawan
Chalawan
47 Ursae Majoris
Chalawan is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Ursa Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1980.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in January, February, March, April, May, and June.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.03.
What it’s like
It gives off 1.7 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,900 degrees.
It is 45.9 light years away: 434 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1980: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.