Ursa Minor UMi
Ursa Minor is one of the 88 constellations, covering 256 square degrees of the sky (56th largest). It is highest at midnight in May and best in the evening sky in June and July.
4 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | UMi |
|---|---|
| Size | 256 square degrees (56th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 15h 02m, +77° |
| Highest at midnight | May (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: June and July) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 33° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 63°. |
| Pages here | 4 objects |
Galaxies
1Stars
3Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 5832 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 6068 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 1.3′ |
| NGC 6217 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.8 | 2.2′ |
| NGC 5912 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13 | 1′ |
| NGC 5144 NED02 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.2 | 1′ |
| NGC 6324 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 1′ |
| NGC 5607 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 0.9′ |
| IC 1129 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 1′ |
| NGC 6048 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 2′ |
| NGC 5909 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 1′ |
| NGC 5262 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.7 | 1.2′ |
| NGC 5939 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.7 | 0.8′ |
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