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Psi Ursae Majoris (Psi UMa ψ Ursae Majoris ψ UMa) is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +3.01 making it a third magnitude star and one of the brighter members of the constellation. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of 144.5 light-years (44.3 parsecs) from Earth. This is sufficiently close that the magnitude of the star is only reduced by 0.05 due to extinction.
