- 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 is at about 4,600 degrees.
It is 122.9 light years away: 1163 trillion kilometres.