- Stars with a name
- Dubhe
Dubhe
α Ursae Majoris
Dubhe is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Ursa Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1903.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never sets: it circles the pole all night, all year.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 1.81.
What it’s like
It gives off 233 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 4,300 degrees Celsius.
It is 122.9 light years away: 1163 trillion kilometres.