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*''Name, meaning and Constellation:'' Alpha Ursae Maioris, Ursa Maior. 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''.
 
*''Name, meaning and Constellation:'' Alpha Ursae Maioris, Ursa Maior. 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).
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*''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
 
*''Distance from Sol:'' 123.6 ly

Revision as of 18:42, 7 November 2009

Celestial Information

  • Name, meaning and Constellation: Alpha Ursae Maioris, Ursa Maior. 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"

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