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...
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"greater (or larger) bear", referring to and contrasting it with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations...
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Lists of constellations (redirect from Ursa Major and Ursa Minor)
The following lists of constellations are available: IAU designated constellations – a list of the current, or "modern", constellations Former constellations...
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The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy, discovered by A.G. Wilson of the Lowell Observatory, in the United States, during the Palomar Sky Survey...
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Ursa Minor Cave is part of Sequoia National Park, a naturally formed system of caves in California's Sierra Nevada. The cave was discovered in August 2006...
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This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Ursa Minor, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos...
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Ursa Minor or Ursa minor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ursa Minor (little bear) is a constellation of stars. Ursa Minor may also refer to: Ursa...
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constellation Ursa Minor, the Small Bear constellation HMS Ursa, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy Blackmagic URSA, a digital movie camera Ursa, Illinois...
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Polaris (category Ursa Minor)
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...
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Beta Ursae Minoris (category Ursa Minor)
the constellation of Ursa Minor), and only slightly fainter than Polaris, the northern pole star and brightest star in Ursa Minor. Kochab is 16 degrees...
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