W Ursae Minoris is an eclipsing binary star system in the constellation Ursa Minor. Its apparent magnitude ranges from 8.51 to 9.59 over 1.7 days as one...
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Ursa Minor (redirect from 3 Ursae Minoris)
the night sky, ranging in apparent magnitude from 1.97 to 2.00. Beta Ursae Minoris, also known as Kochab, is an aging star that has swollen and cooled...
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Gamma Ursae Minoris (γ Ursae Minoris, abbreviated Gamma UMi, γ UMi), also named Pherkad /ˈfɜːrkæd/, is a star in the northern constellation of Ursa Minor...
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Kochab /ˈkoʊkæb/, Bayer designation Beta Ursae Minoris (β Ursae Minoris, abbreviated β UMi, Beta UMi), is the brightest star in the bowl of the Little...
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Polaris (redirect from Alpha Ursae Minoris)
circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris (Latinized to Alpha Ursae Minoris) and is commonly called the North Star or Pole Star...
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Eta Ursae Minoris (Latinized from η Ursae Minoris) is a yellow-white hued star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. This is an F-type...
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Epsilon Ursae Minoris (ε Ursae Minoris) is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is visible to the naked eye...
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8 Ursae Minoris is a 7th-magnitude red clump star in Ursa Minor. The star is unusually rich in lithium, with an abundance of A = 2.0±0.2 dex. In the 2019...
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RW Ursae Minoris (Nova Ursae Minoris 1956) is a cataclysmic variable star system that flared up as a nova in the constellation Ursa Minor in 1956. Although...
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List of stars in Ursa Major (redirect from 14 Leonis Minoris)
81 2.26 421 K0 has a planet (b) W UMa W 83950 47727 09h 43m 45.47s +55° 57′ 09.1″ 7.96 4.48 162 F8Vp+... prototype of W UMa variables HD 102956 102956...
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T Ursae Minoris (T UMi) is a variable star in the constellation Ursa Minor, located 2′30″ west-southwest of 3 Ursae Minoris toward the western border...
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RR Ursae Minoris, abbreviated RR UMi, is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It can be viewed with the naked...
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SS Ursae Minoris is a cataclysmic variable star system in the constellation Ursa Minor. It was discovered visually and by its X-ray emissions separately...
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Pi1 Ursae Minoris is a common proper motion binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. The pair have apparent visual...
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Pi2 Ursae Minoris, which is Latinized from π2 UMi / π2 Ursae Minoris, is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor....
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system. Kato, Taichi; et al. (December 2016), "RZ Leonis Minoris bridging between ER Ursae Majoris-type dwarf nova and nova-like system", Publications...
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Star Observers also mentions YZ Leonis Minoris as a SU Ursae Majoris-type star (dwarf nova). YZ Leonis Minoris was the first system discovered that is...
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Beta Leonis Minoris, Latinized from β Leonis Minoris, is a binary star in the constellation of Leo Minor. It has an overall apparent visual magnitude of...
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is named for its radiant point, which is located near the star Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) in the constellation Ursa Minor. The Ursids were probably discovered...
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ER Ursae Majoris is a variable star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major, abbreviated ER UMa. It is a prototype system for a subclass...
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5. 46 Leonis Minoris, an orange giant of magnitude 3.8, is located some 95 light-years from Earth. At magnitude 4.4, Beta Leonis Minoris is the second-brightest...
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considered the pole star until about 1800 BC, when the much brighter Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) began to approach the pole as well. Having gradually drifted...
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Dugan, Raymond Smith (1930). "The Eclipsing Variables WW Aurigae, W Ursae Minoris". Contributions from the Princeton University Observatory. 10: 1–27...
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VW Leo Minoris is a tight quadruple star system, located in the constellation of Leo Minor. With a peak combined apparent visual magnitude of 8.07, it...
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years and can be considered to define the system, are Vega (A0 V), Gamma Ursae Majoris (A0 V), and Fomalhaut (A3 V). The seminal review of MK classification...
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List of Arabic star names (section W)
galaxy. CUP Archive. p. 31. ISBN 0-521-45882-X. Kepple, G. R.; Sanner, G. W. (1998). The Night Sky Observer's Guide. Vol. 1. Willmann-Bell. p. 18. ISBN 0-943396-58-1...
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Gliese 412 (redirect from WX Ursae Majoris)
–7 and W = 7. They are members of the halo population of the Milky Way galaxy. The secondary is a flare star that is referred to as WX Ursae Majoris...
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arrives at the North Celestial Pole and the star Polaris (α UMi/Alpha Ursae Minoris), the North Star. Rigil Kentaurus (α Centauri) and Hadar (β Centauri)...
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Canterna, R.; Tamburini, F.; Osborne, H.; Cantrell, K. (2003). "RW Ursae Minoris (1956): An Evolving Postnova System". The Publications of the Astronomical...
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