Ursa Major UMa
Ursa Major is one of the 88 constellations, covering 1,279 square degrees of the sky (3rd largest). It is highest at midnight in March and best in the evening sky in April and May.
31 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | UMa |
|---|---|
| Size | 1,279 square degrees (3rd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 11h 02m, +54° |
| Highest at midnight | March (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: April and May) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 56° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 86°. |
| Pages here | 31 objects |
Galaxies
10Nebulae
1Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
5Planetary systems
1Stars
14Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M81 · NGC 3031 (Bode's Galaxy) | Galaxy | 6.9 | 21.6′ |
| M101 · NGC 5457 | Galaxy | 7.9 | 24′ |
| M82 · NGC 3034 (Cigar Galaxy) | Galaxy | 8.3 | 11′ |
| NGC 3184 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.8 | 7.4′ |
| NGC 2768 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.9 | 5.6′ |
| M109 · NGC 3992 | Galaxy | 9.9 | 8.1′ |
| NGC 3077 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.9 | 5.2′ |
| M97 · NGC 3587 (Owl Nebula) | Planetary nebula | 9.9 | 3.6′ |
| M108 · NGC 3556 | Galaxy | 10.1 | 4′ |
| NGC 3675 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.1 | 5.9′ |
| NGC 3953 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.1 | 6.1′ |
| NGC 5322 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.1 | 5.6′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits