Kappa Ursae Majoris

Ursae Majoris κ ( Kappa Ursae Majoris, κ UMa short ) is an approximately 360 light years from the Sun distant binary star in the constellation Ursa Major. One of his proper name is Talitha Australis; Thalita the Arabic means " the Third ( leap of the gazelle ) ," the Latin australis means "south ".

Both components of κ Ursae Majoris are main-sequence stars of spectral type A. The system has common apparent magnitude of 3.6 may, the two components show a brightness of approximately 4.2 and 4.4 on mag. The two components have an angular distance of about 0 ", 2, its rotation time is expected to be several decades.