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List of stars in Ursa Minor. ... • Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of ...
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 with the Great Bear, the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle, hence the North American name, Little Dipper: seven stars with four in its bowl like its partner the Big Dipper.
The IAU-WGSN's first bulletin, July 2016, [15] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the IAU-WGSN, which included Kochab for this star. In Chinese astronomy , 北極 Běi Jí (' North Pole ') refers to an asterism consisting of Beta Ursae Minoris, Gamma Ursae Minoris , 5 Ursae Minoris , 4 Ursae Minoris and Σ 1694 . [ 16 ]
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
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 called the North Star or Pole Star. With an apparent magnitude that fluctuates around 1.98, [3] it is the brightest star in the constellation and is readily visible to the naked eye at ...
Delta Ursae Minoris, Latinized from δ Ursae Minoris, formally named Yildun / j ɪ l ˈ d ʌ n /, [11] is a white-hued star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor, forming the second star in the bear's tail. [12] It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.36. [3]
8 Ursae Minoris is a 7th-magnitude red clump star in Ursa Minor. The star is unusually rich in lithium, with an abundance of A = 2.0 ± 0.2 dex. [8] [9] [3] In the 2019 NameExoWorlds competition, the star was assigned to contestants in South Korea. It was named Baekdu after Paektu Mountain, the tallest mountain in North Korea. [10] [11]
Zeta Ursae Minoris, which is Latinized from ζ Ursae Minoris, is a single [12] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor, forming the northernmost part of the bowl in this "little dipper" asterism. [13] The star has a white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.28.