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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 | + | |
| − | *''Distance from Sol:'' 123.6 | + | *''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). |
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| + | *''Distance from Sol:'' 123.6 ly | ||
*''Type of System:'' Singular | *''Type of System:'' Singular | ||
*''Color:'' K0-Red Giant | *''Color:'' K0-Red Giant | ||
*''Right Ascension:'' 11h 03m 43.7s | *''Right Ascension:'' 11h 03m 43.7s | ||
| − | *''Declination:'' + | + | *''Declination:'' +61° 45' 03" |
===Important Events=== | ===Important Events=== | ||
Latest revision as of 02:40, 24 March 2016
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
