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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Ursa Minor (redirect from 3 Ursae Minoris)
antiquity, the celestial pole was somewhat closer to Beta Ursae Minoris than to Alpha Ursae Minoris, and the entire constellation was taken to indicate the...
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now. In classical antiquity, Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) was closer to the celestial north pole than Alpha Ursae Minoris. While there was no naked-eye star...
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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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pair with a period of 547,000 (+66,000/-40,000) years. Polaris or Alpha Ursae Minoris (α UMi), the north star, is a triple star system in which the closer...
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time were as follows: The mean position of the North Star Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris) on the first of January was Right Ascension, 1 hour, 41 minutes...
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Taiyi [zh], and Tianyi [zh].) . Although the present-day Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris) is located at the tip of the handle of a ladle (the tail of a small...
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Roberts-Borsani; Daniel P. Stark; Pascal A. Oesch; Renske Smit (2015). "Lyman-alpha Emission from a Luminous z = 8.68 Galaxy: Implications for Galaxies as Tracers...
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Thuban (redirect from Alpha Draconis)
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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Antliae 320 ± 10 1 K4III 4.25 Delta Sextantis 321 1 B9V Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris/North Star/Pole Star) 323–433 3 F7Ib + F6 + F3V The closest star...
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the constellation Cygnus RW Leonis Minoris, a carbon star located in the constellation Leo Minor RW Ursae Minoris, a recurrent nova located in the constellation...
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stars 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...
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Leo Minor (redirect from Leonis Minoris)
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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points of Alpha Draconis (which is projected to have been the star closest to the north celestial pole), Orion's Belt, Sirius, and Beta Ursae Minoris. The...
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Crater on Venus. Gaze, V F (1926). Orbit of the spectroscopic binary [alpha] Ursae Minoris (1922-1924). Moscow, Russia: Glav. upr. nauch. uchrezhdeniiami. Gaze...
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04 Saiph Star 2.067 Sigma Sagittarii Star 2.07 Alpha Ophiuchi Binary star system 2.08 Beta Ursae Minoris Star 2.10 Gamma Andromedae Quadruple star system...
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1865 Homeport Norfolk Navy Yard History Name USS Polaris Namesake Alpha Ursae Minoris Operator Hall scientific expedition Acquired June 9, 1871 Commissioned...
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December 2005. "Som pendang till Karlavagnen kallas Lilla björn (latin Ursæ Minoris) för kvinnovagnen..." — as an appendix to the Men's Wagon, the Little...
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(al-)Fākhitah the Dove فاخثة Alpha Columbae Phad (al-)Fakhidh the Thigh فخذ Gamma Ursae Majoris Pherkad (al-)Farqad the Calf فرقد Gamma Ursae Minoris...
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12 Has 3 exoplanets. Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) 130.9 ± 0.6 1 K4 III +2.08 Tau Centauri 131 ± 3 1 A0 V A1 IVnn +3.86 Alpha Pegasi (Markab) 133 ± 1 1...
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Bibliography - Image. 61 Ursae Majoris at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography - Image. HR 511 at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography - Image. Alpha Mensae at SIMBAD - Ids...
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Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-21. "Alpha Phe". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-06-21...
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buttercup Regulus Cor leonis Alpha Leonis 00 Virgo 06 Jupiter & Mars garnet mugwort Alkaid Tail of the Great Bear Eta Ursae Majoris 27 Virgo 12 Venus &...
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(2010). "A Bayesian periodogram finds evidence for three planets in 47 Ursae Majoris". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 403 (2): 731–747...
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Minor /ˈliːoʊ ˈmaɪnər/ LMi LMin Leonis Minoris 1690, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, Hevelius lesser lion 46 Leonis Minoris 3.83 Lepus /ˈliːpəs/ Lep Leps Leporis...
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Gliese 412 (redirect from WX Ursae Majoris)
Milky 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...
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Gall and Inglis. p. 52 – via Internet Archive. Kaler, James B. "Menkar (Alpha Ceti)". Stars. University of Illinois. Archived from the original on 2012-05-31...
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Pictoris, a magnitude 3.2 star. It is fainter than Earth's Polaris (α Ursae Minoris). Omicron Draconis is its north star. After the Sun, the second-brightest...
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dwarf, WISE 0855−0714 (possibly a rogue planet). The closest system is Alpha Centauri, with Proxima Centauri as the closest star in that system, at 4...
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brightness too close. The previous pole star was Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris, β UMi, β Ursae Minoris), the brightest star in the bowl of the "Little Dipper"...
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