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. As...
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"greater (or larger) bear", referring to and contrasting it with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations...
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Lists of constellations (redirect from Ursa Major and Ursa Minor)
The following lists of constellations are available: IAU designated constellations – a list of the current, or "modern", constellations Former constellations...
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The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy, discovered by A.G. Wilson of the Lowell Observatory, in the United States, during the Palomar Sky Survey...
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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 Cave is part of Sequoia National Park, a naturally formed system of caves in California's Sierra Nevada. The cave was discovered in August 2006...
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constellation Ursa Minor, the Small Bear constellation HMS Ursa, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy Blackmagic URSA, a digital movie camera Ursa, Illinois...
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Ursa Minor or Ursa minor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ursa Minor (little bear) is a constellation of stars. Ursa Minor may also refer to: Ursa...
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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 commonly...
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reasonably close to the pole, and it appears that the entire constellation of Ursa Minor, in antiquity known as Cynosura (Greek Κυνόσουρα "dog's tail"), was used...
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Beta Ursae Minoris (category Ursa Minor)
the constellation of Ursa Minor), and only slightly fainter than Polaris, the northern pole star and brightest star in Ursa Minor. Kochab is 16 degrees...
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Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy (disputed, considered by some not a galaxy), Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy, Draco Dwarf Galaxy, Carina Dwarf Galaxy, Sextans Dwarf Galaxy...
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Ursa Major I Dwarf (UMa I dSph) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered in 2005 within the Ursa Major constellation...
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Triangulum Ursa Major Ursa Minor Virgo Vulpecula The pole star of the northern celestial hemisphere is Polaris, the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor...
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located near the star Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) in the constellation Ursa Minor. The Ursids were probably discovered by William F. Denning, who observed...
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brightest star of the constellation Ursa Minor (known also as Little Bear and as the Little Dipper). Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for...
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Sagittarius Scorpius Sculptor Scutum Serpens Sextans Taurus Telescopium Triangulum Triangulum Australe Tucana Ursa Major Ursa Minor Vela Virgo Volans Vulpecula...
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According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Ursa Minor is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán) The name of the western...
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star located in the constellation Leo Minor RW Ursae Minoris, a recurrent nova located in the constellation Ursa Minor A right of way may be referred to in...
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Celestial pole (category Ursa Minor)
The north and south celestial poles are the two points in the sky where Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere...
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goddess of Ursa Major. Citlaltlachtli, goddess of Orion. Citlalcolotl, goddess of Scorpius. Citlalozomahtli, goddess of Cepheus, Ursa Minor, and Draco...
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constellations Ursa Minor, Draco, Camelopardalis, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Auriga, Boötes, and parts of Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, Leo Minor and Hercules....
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broadly meant those places where the 'bear' constellations (Ursa Major, the Great Bear, and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear) were high in the sky. Thus the word...
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Callisto (mythology) (category Ursa Major)
was seduced by Zeus and eventually transformed into the constellation Ursa Minor was named Phoenice instead. According to Ovid, it was Jupiter who took...
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/ˈeɪzə/ Puppis ξ Puppis Azmidi Alternatively rendered Asmidiske. /ˈæzmᵻdi/ Ursa Minor 8 Ursae Minoris Baekdu IAU new 2019 South Korean proposal; named after...
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Bordering constellations Boötes Hercules Lyra Cygnus Cepheus Ursa Minor Camelopardalis Ursa Major Visible at latitudes between +90° and −15°. Best visible...
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guide is published by "Megadodo Publications", a publishing company on Ursa Minor Beta, and it is written and edited by many characters throughout the series...
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Ursa Minor is the third studio album by American indie folk group Nana Grizol. It was released by Orange Twin on March 31, 2017. All music is composed...
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Third Eye Blind (section Ursa Major: 2005–2010)
an Ursa Major album with the material that was closest to completion, and a second Ursa Minor album later on. Plans continued to change, though; Ursa Major...
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media company Ursa Minor (UMi), a constellation Unique molecular identifier, a technique used in molecular biology research United States Minor Outlying Islands...
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