• is the list of notable stars in the constellation Ursa Major, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation Final Results of NameExoWorlds...
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    Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin...
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    The Ursa Major Moving Group, also known as Collinder 285 and the Ursa Major association, is the closest stellar moving group – a set of stars with common...
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  • This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Ursa Minor, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos...
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    Ursa Minor (Latin for 'Lesser Bear', contrasting with Ursa Major), also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation located in the far northern sky....
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  • constellation and listing is only for additional stars the star is actually located in the constellation of Ursa Major near the border of Lynx (in Chinese) AEEA...
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  • "List of IAU-approved Star Names" since 2016. As of April 2022, the list included a total of 451 proper names of stars. Of the roughly 10,000 stars visible...
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    Alcor (star) (category Ursa Major)
    star system in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is the fainter companion of Mizar, the two stars forming a naked eye double in the handle of the Big Dipper...
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    is, in turn, contained inside the Local Bubble, a cavity in the interstellar medium about 300 light-years (92.0 pc) across. It contains Ursa Major and...
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    Alioth (category Ursa Major moving group)
    /ˈæliɒθ/, also called Epsilon Ursae Majoris, is a star in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. The designation is Latinised from ε Ursae Majoris and...
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    the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major. Another is the asterism of the Southern Cross, within the constellation of Crux. Asterisms range...
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    Merak (star) (category Ursa Major moving group)
    abbreviated Beta UMa, β UMa), is a star in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is +2.37, which means it is...
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  • Citlaxoncuilli, goddess of Ursa Major. Citlaltlachtli, goddess of Orion. Citlalcolotl, goddess of Scorpius. Citlalozomahtli, goddess of Cepheus, Ursa Minor, and Draco...
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    Orion in the south and Ursa Major in the north). The Ursa Major Family includes 10 northern constellations in the vicinity of Ursa Major: Ursa Major itself...
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  • the constellation Delphinus. Stars are listed in the appropriate lists for the constellation, as follows: Constellation Stars named with a Bayer, Flamsteed...
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  • Ursa Major Filament is a galaxy filament. The filament is connected to the CfA Homunculus, a portion of the filament forms a portion of the "leg" of the...
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  • Lynx–Ursa Major Filament (LUM Filament) is a galaxy filament. The filament is connected to and separate from the Lynx–Ursa Major Supercluster. Abell,...
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    Survey in 1955. It appears in the Ursa Minor constellation, and is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The galaxy consists mainly of older stars and seems...
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    Alkaid (category Ursa Major)
    star in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is the most eastern (leftmost) star in the Big Dipper (or Plough) asterism. However, unlike most stars of the...
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    other stars. It covers the Greek constellations Ursa Minor, Draco, Camelopardalis, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Auriga, Boötes, and parts of Ursa Major, Canes...
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  • In Scutum In Delphinus In Pisces In Cetus In Taurus; also known as 112 Tauri In Auriga In Auriga, also known as 30 Aurigae In Lynx In Ursa Major In Gemini...
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  • about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Coddington's Nebula is dwarf spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, named after Edwin Foster Coddington...
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    Beach. Some stars within the far northern constellation (such as Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Ursa Major, and Ursa Minor) roughly north of the Tropic of Cancer (23° 26′ N)...
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  • As of 2017[update], there are over 52,011 known variable stars, with more being discovered regularly, so a complete list of every single variable is impossible...
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    Polaris (category Ursa Minor)
    Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris (Latinized to Alpha Ursae Minoris) and is...
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    Canes Venatici (category Constellations listed by Johannes Hevelius)
    not bright. In classical times, they were listed by Ptolemy as unfigured stars below the constellation Ursa Major in his star catalogue. In medieval times...
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    NGC 3000 (category Ursa Major)
    NGC 3000 is a double star located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was first discovered and observed by Bindon Stoney (William Parsons' assistant)...
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    Lynx (constellation) (category Constellations listed by Johannes Hevelius)
    formed the constellation in 1687 from 19 faint stars between the constellations Ursa Major and Auriga that earlier had been part of the obsolete constellation...
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    reference stars are the pointer stars from the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) or Kochab from the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor). The star Schedar in Cassiopeia...
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    Starry Night Over the Rhône (category Paintings of Arles by Vincent van Gogh)
    with the stars portrayed as the Plough in Ursa Major would not be visible in that direction. Van Gogh announced and described this composition in a letter...
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