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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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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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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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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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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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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Great Bear constellation Ursa Minor, the Small Bear constellation Ursa the Bear, a former public sculpture in Bristol HMS Ursa, the name of two ships of...
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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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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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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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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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album, Ursa Minor (B-Sides compilation), was scheduled to follow Ursa Major, but the idea was later scrapped in favor of a new studio album. Ursa Major's...
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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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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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- A Sunsparkler who makes the designs of the clouds. Ursa Minor (voiced by Melanie Gaffin) - Ursa Major's mischievous niece. Queen Scowlene (voiced by...
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the success of the album, the instrumentals "Through the Gates" and "Ursa Minor" were added to Celldweller's live shows. Additionally, the final version...
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second album, Ruth, was released on January 10, 2010. Their third album Ursa Minor was released in 2017. A compilation of early recordings was released in...
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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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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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constellations Ursa Minor, Draco, Camelopardalis, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Auriga, Boötes, and parts of Ursa Major, Canes Venatici, Leo Minor and Hercules....
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equinoctial colure passes through the following constellations: Ursa Minor Camelopardalis Draco Ursa Major Coma Berenices Virgo Corvus Hydra Centaurus Crux Musca...
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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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/ˈeɪzə/ Puppis ξ Puppis Azmidi Alternatively rendered Asmidiske. /ˈæzmᵻdi/ Ursa Minor 8 Ursae Minoris Baekdu NameExoWorlds 2019 South Korean proposal; named...
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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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tiny dipper," and should not be confused with the "Little Dipper," or Ursa Minor. The name, Pleiades, comes from Ancient Greek: Πλειάδες. It probably derives...
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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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Constellation family (redirect from Ursa Major Family)
and Ursa Major in the north). The Ursa Major Family includes 10 northern constellations in the vicinity of Ursa Major: Ursa Major itself, Ursa Minor, Draco...
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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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