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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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    Lambda Ursae Minoris (λ UMi, λ Ursae Minoris) is a star in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is an M-type red giant with an apparent magnitude of +6.38...
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    around 1700 BC until just after 300 AD, Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris) and Pherkad (Gamma Ursae Minoris) were twin northern pole stars, though neither was...
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    the 1908 Revised Harvard Photometry catalogue. The Pole Star and Lambda Ursae Minoris were used for the northern hemisphere. It was then noted that "Neither...
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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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    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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    (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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    Canis Majoris 0500 B1 II-III Southern 47 1.98 (1.86–2.13var) Polaris α Ursae Minoris 0430 F7 Ib Northern 48 2.00 Alphard α Hydrae 0180 K3 II-III Southern...
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  • Sigma Sagittarii Star 2.07 Alpha Ophiuchi Binary star system 2.08 Beta Ursae Minoris Star 2.10 Gamma Andromedae Quadruple star system 2.11 2.0 Beta Gruis...
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  • Puppis Azmidi Alternatively rendered Asmidiske. /ˈæzmᵻdi/ Ursa Minor 8 Ursae Minoris Baekdu NameExoWorlds 2019 South Korean proposal; named after the highest...
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  • of IC 2602 Open Cluster. HD 206610 (Bosona) 482 ± 2 K0III 8.34 Gamma Ursae Minoris (Pherkad) 487 ± 8 A2 III XO-2 S 489 ± 1 K0V 11.12±0.03 Has four exoplanets...
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  • 62 Kepler-42 (KOI-961) 130.8 ± 0.1 M5V +16.12 Has 3 exoplanets. Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) 130.9 ± 0.6 Ursa Major K4 III +2.08 Tau Centauri 131 ± 3 Centaurus...
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  • Capella (Alpha Aurigae) Solitary star 1849− 72 ly (46 mas) Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris) Variable star, solitary star 1847−1849 50 ly (80 mas) (this was very...
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  • exoplanet. Delta Ursae Minoris (Yildun) 172 ± 1 A1 Van 4.36 39 Arietis (Lilii Borea) 172 ± 2 K1.5 III 4.514 Theta Andromedae 173 ± 4 A2 V 4.61 Lambda Ophiuchi...
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    21h 06m 53.94s +38° 44′ 57.9″ 11.4 B K7.0V 6.05 8.33 Procyon (α Canis Minoris) A F5IV-V 0.40 2.68 07h 39m 18.12s +05° 13′ 30.0″ 11.5 ε Indi K5Ve 4.69...
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    11h 05m 28.6s +43° 31′ 36″ M1.0V 0.48 8.77 10.34 203.8876 ±0.0332 B (WX Ursae Majoris) 11h 05m 30.4s +43° 31′ 18″ M5.5V 0.10 14.48 16.05 flare star AD...
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  • "Preliminary results of the spectral analysis of Suzaku data of SW Ursae Majoris and BZ Ursae Majoris", New Astronomy, 25: 1–6, Bibcode:2013NewA...25....1I...
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    (2007-01-01). "MOST Detects g-Modes in the Late-Type Be Star β Canis Minoris (B8 Ve)". The Astrophysical Journal. 654 (1): 544–550. arXiv:astro-ph/0609460...
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    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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    73 L/Teff Twenty-sixth brightest star in the night sky. Polaris (α Ursae Minoris) 46.27±0.42 AD The current star in the North Pole. It is a Classical...
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    values as of 2015: H0=67.74 and OmegaM=0.3089 (see Table/Planck2015 at "Lambda-CDM model#Parameters" ) "UCLA Cosmological Calculator". UCLA. 2018. Retrieved...
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