Ursa Minor ER sa MY nor Lesser Bear - Little Dipper
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
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Polaris
aka: The Lodestar
Stella Maris, Cynosure
and The Star of the Sea
The North Star
Alpha Ursae Minoris
2h 31' 50.5
+89° 15' 51 		430 1.97
9
F7 Ib-II
F3 V 		White Supergiant
White Main Seq. 		Closest to Pole in 2105
Cephid Variable (4 days)
- 49th Brightest star -
"The Engagement Ring"
ring of 7-8 mag stars
just south of Polaris
Kochab
Arabic derv.: "wood"
Beta Ursae Minoris
14h 50' 42.2
+74° 9' 20 		126 2.07 K4 III Orange
Giant 		front top
of the cup of
The Little Dipper

Pherkad
Arabic: "two calves"
Gamma Ursae Minoris
15h 20' 43.6
+71° 50' 2 		480 3.0 A3 II-III Blue White
Bright Giant 		front bottom
of the cup of
The Little Dipper

Unrelated Companion

11 Ursae Minoris 15h 17' 5.8
+71° 49' 26 		390 5.02 K4III Orange
Giant
Yildun
Turkish - "star"
Delta Ursae Minoris
17h 32' 12.5
+86° 35' 11 		183 4.35 A1 V Blue White
Main Sequence 		adjacent to Polaris
in the handle of
The Little Dipper
Epsilon
Ursae Minoris 		16h 45' 57.8
+82° 2' 14 		345 4.21 G5 III Yellow
Giant 		in the handle of
The Little Dipper
adjacent to the cup

Zeta
Ursae Minoris 		15h 44' 3.3
+77° 47' 40 		375 4.29 A3 V Blue White
Main Sequence 		where the handle
meets the cup of
The Little Dipper
Theta
Ursae Minoris 		15h 31' 24.7
+77° 20' 57 		830 5.0 K5III Orange
Giant
Eta
Ursae Minoris 		16h 17' 30.2
+75° 45' 19 		97 4.95 F5V White
Main Sequence 		- unrelated pair -
bottom of the cup
underneath the handle
of The Little Dipper
19 Ursae Minoris 16h 10' 49.3
+75° 52' 39 		670 5.48 B8V Blue
Main Sequence
5 Ursae Minoris 14h 27' 31.4
+75° 41' 45 		345 4.25 K4III Orange Giant
Lambda
Ursae Minoris 		17h 16' 56
+89° 2' 15 		875 5.31 M1III Red Giant

PUMA
Pi 1A
Pi 1B
Pi 2 Ursae Minoris
15h 29' 15.6
+80° 26' 50 		72 6.57 G0IV-V
G8IV-V 		Binary of
Yellow
Sub Giants
15h 29' 28.3
+80° 26' 55 		71 7.30 G5
Yellow
Main Sequence
Pi 2 Ursae
Minoris
15h 39' 38.6
+79° 59' 0 		380 6.89 F2V+F Binary of
White
Main Sequence