Star
Dubhe
Dubhe is an orange star 123 light-years away, seen as it was 123 years ago, shining 233 times as bright as the Sun.
The northern of the two Pointers: it and Merak point towards Polaris. Though named Alpha, it is only the second-brightest object in Ursa Major.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 123 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 1.81
- Spectral type
- K0IIIa
- Catalogue
- HIP 54061
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.