5 Ursae Minoris (HIP 70692)

5 Ursae Minoris is an orange giant star in the constellation Ursa Minor. At 359 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 4.25. 5 Ursae Minoris is the primary component of a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of 5 Ursae Minoris is -0.07 (85.1% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 15.7 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 24,200 and 43,600 light years from the center of the Galaxy. It came closest to the Sun 4.1 million years ago when it had brightened to magnitude 3.77 from a distance of 288 light years.

Sky position: RA 14h 27.5m, Dec +75° 42'

Common designations: 5 Ursae Minoris, HIP 70692, HD 127700, HR 5430

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Brightest stars in Ursa Minor:
(list all)

1

|    1.97

)   Polaris

2

|    2.07

)   Kochab

3

|    3.00

)   Pherkad

4

|    4.21

)   Epsilon Ursae Minoris

5

|    4.25

)   5 Ursae Minoris

6

|    4.29

)   Zeta Ursae Minoris

7

|    4.35

)   Yildun

8

|    4.63

)   RR Ursae Minoris

9

|    4.80

)   4 Ursae Minoris

10

|    4.95

)   Eta Ursae Minoris

11

|    5.00

)   Theta Ursae Minoris

12

|    5.02

)   Pherkad Minor

13

|    5.15

)   Gliese 580.2

14

|    5.18

)   HR 5334

15

|    5.48

)   19 Ursae Minoris

16

|    5.50

)   HR 5139

17

|    5.55

)   HR 6173

Location of 5 Ursae Minoris circled
Map detail from Stars of the Northern Hemisphere
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Galactic Orbit of 5 Ursae Minoris
(compared to the Sun)

Eccentricity: 28.5% vs. 16.0%

Angle φ : 3.4° vs. 26.0°

Semi-major axis : 10,398 pc vs. 8,686 pc

Semi-minor axis: 9,967 pc vs. 8,574 pc

Focus-to-center: 2,964 pc vs. 1,388 pc

Semilatus rectum : 9,553 pc vs. 8,464 pc

Perigalacticon: 7,434 pc vs. 7,297 pc

Apogalacticon: 13,362 pc vs. 10,074 pc
 
Some Tabulated XHIP Data for 5 Ursae Minoris
(see also: SIMBAD)

Astrometry
 2007A&A...474..653V;
  Position Proper Motion
Right Ascension: 216.88134416° ±0.12 mas 8.20 ±0.60 mas/yr.
Declination: 75.69593924° ±0.11 mas 22.70 ±0.70 mas/yr.
     
Galactic Longitude: 115.38831129° 3.51 mas/yr.
Galactic Latitude: 39.99272742° -23.88 mas/yr.

Parallax: 9.09 ± 0.13 mas

Spectrography

Spectral Type: K4- III 1989ApJS...71..245K.

Radial Velocity: 9.34 ±0.19 km/s [A rating] 2005A&A...430..165F;.

Iron Abundance [Fe/H]: -0.07 dex  1990ApJS...74.1075M.
 


Photometry
 
band magnitude Abs. Mag.
U
B 5.68 0.47
V 4.25 -0.96
R
I 2.99 -2.22
J 1.71 -3.50
H 0.91 -4.30
K 0.81 -4.39

  B-V: +1.43       V-I: +1.26

Derivations

Heliocentric distance: 109.98 pc (1.4% margin of error)

Galactocentric distance: 7,437 pc

Transverse velocity: 12.6 km/s

3D heliocentric position and motion:

toward:   

Galactic center Galactic rotation North Galactic Pole
Position ( X, Y, Z) -36.1 pc 76.1 pc 70.7 pc
Velocity (U, V, W) -8.2 km/s 12.9 km/s -3.5 km/s

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