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===Celestial Information=== | ===Celestial Information=== | ||
− | *''Name, meaning and Constellation:'' Alpha Ursae | + | *''Name, meaning and Constellation:'' Alpha Ursae Majoris, Ursa Major. The name comes from the Arabic for ''bear'', dubb, from the phrase ظهر الدب الاكبر żahr ad-dubb al-akbar ''the back of the Greater Bear''. |
*''Other name(s) and meaning:'' Dubb, Alruccabah (Arabic names), 北斗一 and 天樞 (Chinese for ''the First Star of the Northern Dipper'' and ''the Celestial Pivot'', respectively). | *''Other name(s) and meaning:'' Dubb, Alruccabah (Arabic names), 北斗一 and 天樞 (Chinese for ''the First Star of the Northern Dipper'' and ''the Celestial Pivot'', respectively). |
Revision as of 01:00, 29 August 2011
Celestial Information
- Name, meaning and Constellation: Alpha Ursae Majoris, Ursa Major. The name comes from the Arabic for bear, dubb, from the phrase ظهر الدب الاكبر żahr ad-dubb al-akbar the back of the Greater Bear.
- Other name(s) and meaning: Dubb, Alruccabah (Arabic names), 北斗一 and 天樞 (Chinese for the First Star of the Northern Dipper and the Celestial Pivot, respectively).
- Distance from Sol: 123.6 ly
- Type of System: Singular
- Color: K0-Red Giant
- Right Ascension: 11h 03m 43.7s
- Declination: +61° 45' 03"
Important Events
- To be filled in later.
Jump Nodes
- Alphard
- Barnard's Star
- Unknown System