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    Dubhe (redirect from Alpha Ursae Majoris)
    Dubhe /ˈdʌbiː/, also called Alpha Ursae Majoris, Latinised from α Ursae Majoris, is, despite being designated "α" (alpha), the second-brightest object...
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    Merak /ˈmɪəræk/, also called Beta Ursae Majoris (β Ursae Majoris, abbreviated Beta UMa, β UMa), is a star in the northern constellation of Ursa Major....
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    Phecda (redirect from Gamma Ursae Majoris)
    Dipper, together with Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe, upper-right), Beta Ursae Majoris (Merak, lower-right) and Delta Ursae Majoris (Megrez, upper-left)....
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    Ursa Major (redirect from DH Ursae Majoris)
    "Little Dipper". Two of its stars, named Dubhe and Merak (α Ursae Majoris and β Ursae Majoris), can be used as the navigational pointer towards the place...
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    Ursae Majoris, Alpha Ursae Majoris, Beta Ursae Majoris, Gamma Ursae Majoris, Delta Ursae Majoris, Epsilon Ursae Majoris and Eta Ursae Majoris. Consequently...
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  • "The Pointers": Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, which point to the Southern Cross Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) and Beta Ursae Majoris (Merak), which point...
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    Ursa Minor (redirect from 3 Ursae Minoris)
    can also be found by following a line through the two stars—Alpha and Beta Ursae Majoris, popularly called the Pointers—that form the end of the "bowl"...
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    to 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')...
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  • [Dubhe; Alpha Ursae Majoris (α UMa / α Ursae Majoris)] 兵/Pyō: Komoshō/巨門星; Gachirin Bosatsu; ; [Merak ; Beta Ursae Majoris (β UMa / β Ursae Majoris)] 闘/Tō:...
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    Big Dippers Bowl, Gamma Ursae Majoris; which marks the constellations southwest corner. M97, together with Alpha Ursae Majoris, point the way to Polaris...
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    Catalogue. The galaxy is to be found approximately 10° northwest of Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) along with several other galaxies in the Messier 81 Group...
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    DM Ursae Majoris is a binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major, abbreviated DM UMa. It is sometimes identified by the...
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    [failed verification] الخباء الخِبَاء Alpha Corvi Alcor al-khawār the Faint One الخوار الخوار 80 Ursae Majoris Aldebaran ad-Dabarān the Follower (of the...
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    Thuban (redirect from Alpha Draconis)
    to an asterism consisting of Alpha Draconis, Kappa Draconis, Lambda Draconis, 24 Ursae Majoris, 43 Camelopardalis, Alpha Camelopardalis and BK Camelopardalis...
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    Arcturus (redirect from Alpha Bootis)
    then cataloged as α Boötis by Johann Bayer in 1603, which is Latinized to Alpha Boötis. Arcturus forms one corner of the Spring Triangle asterism. Located...
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    graders from Davis county changed the song in 2003. 2003 — Star Dubhe Alpha Ursae Majoris One of the stars composing the Big Dipper. Dubhe was chosen in 1996...
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    Wyoming Agriculture in Utah Airports in Utah Allium cepa Allosaurus Alpha Ursae Majoris Amusement parks in Utah Apis mellifera Arboreta in Utah commons:Category:Arboreta...
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  • exoplanets. HD 141399 120.85 ± 0.07 1 K0 +7.20 Has 4 exoplanets. Dubhe (Alpha Ursae Majoris) 123 ± 2 1 K0III + A5V +1.79 G Scorpii 125.8 ± 0.7 1 K2III +3.21...
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    Piscium, Iota (ι Piscium), and Theta (θ Piscium). Dubhe and Merak (Alpha and Beta Ursae Majoris), the two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper are...
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  • Forbidden enclosure. 北斗一 Běi Dǒu yī the First Star of Northern Dipper Alpha Ursae Majoris Dubhe 天樞 Tiān Shū The Celestial Pivot Northern Dipper (北斗, Běidǒu)...
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  • are now known as Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris), in the bowl of Ursa Minor or, the Little Dipper, and Mizar (Zeta Ursae Majoris), in Ursa Major, at the middle...
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    to the north of the mid-way point between the stars Alpha Ursae Majoris and Delta Ursae Majoris. With a visual magnitude of 10.7, it can be dimly viewed...
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    Canum Venaticorum, 2 Canum Venaticorum and 67 Ursae Majoris. Consequently, the Chinese name for Alpha Canum Venaticorum itself is 常陳一 (Cháng Chén yī...
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  • Gliese 412 (redirect from WX Ursae Majoris)
    Way galaxy. The secondary is a flare star that is referred to as WX Ursae Majoris. It is characterized as a UV Ceti-type variable star that displays infrequent...
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    consisting of α Camelopardalis, α Draconis, κ Draconis, λ Draconis, 24 Ursae Majoris, 43 Camelopardalis and BK Camelopardalis. Consequently, the Chinese...
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    years and can be used to define the system, are considered to be 78 Ursae Majoris (F2 V) and Pi3 Orionis (F6 V). In addition to those two standards, Morgan...
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    unchanged over years, are Chara (G0V), the Sun (G2V), Kappa1 Ceti (G5V), 61 Ursae Majoris (G8V). Other primary MK standard stars include HD 115043 (G1V) and 16...
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  • Kzin (category Fiction set around 61 Ursae Majoris)
    themselves. The Kzin home world is the third planet orbiting the star 61 Ursae Majoris. The Kzin civilization was at an iron-age technological level when an...
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    Richard A. Proctor, who noticed that, except for Dubhe and Alkaid (Eta Ursae Majoris), the stars of the Big Dipper asterism all have proper motions heading...
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    Orionis B2Ib – 9 Cephei B3V – Eta Ursae Majoris B3V – Eta Aurigae B3Ia – Omicron2 Canis Majoris B5Ia – Eta Canis Majoris B8Ia – Rigel A-type stars are among...
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