Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ursa Major is visible throughout the year from most of the Northern Hemisphere, and appears circumpolar above the mid-northern latitudes. From southern temperate latitudes, the main asterism is invisible, but the southern parts of the constellation can still be viewed.
Ursa Minor; Camelopardalis; Ursa Major; Visible at latitudes between +90° and −15°. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of July.
The Big Dipper seen from Fujian. The constellation of Ursa Major (Latin: Greater Bear) has been seen as a bear, a wagon, or a ladle.The "bear" tradition is Indo-European (appearing in Greek, as well as in Vedic India), [7] but apparently the name "bear" has parallels in Siberian or North American traditions.
c Ursae Majoris is the Bayer designation for a double-lined spectroscopic binary star system in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.18, [2] which indicates that is visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements yield an estimated distance of 66 light years from the Sun. [1]
26 Ursae Majoris is a single [9] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major, located 262 light years away from the Sun. [1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.47. [2] The object is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +22 km/s. [5]
61 Ursae Majoris, abbreviated 61 UMa, is a single [13] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major.It has a yellow-orange hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.35. [2]
Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of June. Other designations: Arctophylax Boötes ( / b oʊ ˈ oʊ t iː z / boh- OH -teez ) is a constellation in the northern sky , located between 0° and +60° declination , and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere .
Sigma 1 Ursae Majoris (σ 1 UMa) is the Bayer designation for a solitary [8] star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major.With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.14 [2] it is faintly visible to the naked eye on dark nights.