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    TU Ursae Majoris is a variable star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is classified as a Bailey-type 'ab' RR Lyrae variable with...
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  • c Ursae Majoris is the Bayer designation for a double-lined spectroscopic binary star system in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It has an apparent...
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    Upsilon Ursae Majoris, Latinized from υ Ursae Majoris, is a binary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is visible to the...
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    A W Ursae Majoris variable, also known as a low mass contact binary, is a type of eclipsing binary variable star. These stars are close binaries of spectral...
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    Sigma1 Ursae Majoris (σ1 UMa) is the Bayer designation for a solitary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. With an apparent visual...
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    AW Ursae Majoris is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major, abbreviated AW UMa. It is an A-type W Ursae Majoris variable...
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    Chi Ursae Majoris or χ Ursae Majoris, formally named Taiyangshou /ˌtaɪˌjæŋˈʃoʊ/, is a single star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major...
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    asterism consisting of ω Ursae Majoris, 57 Ursae Majoris, 47 Ursae Majoris, 58 Ursae Majoris, 49 Ursae Majoris and 56 Ursae Majoris. Consequently, the Chinese...
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    Rho Ursae Majoris (ρ UMa) is the Bayer designation for a solitary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is faintly visible...
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  • Thumbnail for Tau Ursae Majoris
    Tau Ursae Majoris (τ UMa) is the Bayer designation for a binary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is visible to the naked...
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    TU Mensae is a cataclysmic variable star of (SU Ursae Majoris subtype) in the constellation Mensa. A close binary, it consists of a white dwarf and low-mass...
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    an asterism equivalent to the Big Dipper. The Chinese name for Alpha Ursae Majoris is Beidou Yi (Chinese: 北斗一; pinyin: Běi Dǒu yī; lit. 'Beidou One') and...
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  • phenomenon has been observed, such as in CG Cygni, RT Lacertae, XY Ursae Majoris, or YY Eridani, the luminosity difference between subsequent maxima...
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    distant. TY Mensae is another eclipsing binary system classified as a W Ursae Majoris variable; the two components are so close that they share a common envelope...
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  • doi:10.1073/pnas.1917356116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6876210. PMID 31744927. Tu, Z. L.; Wang, F. Y. (2018). "The Correlation between Isotropic Energy and...
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  • five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044...
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    defined). On the other hand, beta Lyrae variables look somewhat like W Ursae Majoris variables; however, the latter are in general yet closer binaries (so-called...
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  • Thumbnail for Corvus (constellation)
    Corvi is an eclipsing binary that is also a contact binary known as a W Ursae Majoris variable. The two component stars orbit closely enough to each other...
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  • Exoplanets 47 Ursae Majoris b (Taphao Thong) c (Taphao Kaew) d ο Ursae Majoris b 41 Lyncis b (Arkas) Gliese 414 Ab c HAT-P-3b (Teberda) HD 80606 b HD 89744...
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    Comae Berenices. A June 2003 outburst from GO Comae Berenices, an SU Ursae Majoris-type dwarf nova, was photometrically observed. Coma Berenices has seven...
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    Exoplanets 47 Ursae Majoris b (Taphao Thong) c (Taphao Kaew) d ο Ursae Majoris b 41 Lyncis b (Arkas) Gliese 414 Ab c HAT-P-3b (Teberda) HD 80606 b HD 89744...
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  • Xiaochun. "Identification of Constellations in the Tian Wen Jie Hou Chan Ci Quan Tu". In Chen, Meidong (ed.). Star Charts in Ancient China (in Chinese). Shenyang:...
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    Short-Period Spotted Binaries: UV Piscium, YY Geminorum, CG Cygni, and XY Ursae Majoris", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (4): 1965–1973, Bibcode:2001AJ....122...
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