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Ursa Minor | ER sa MY nor | Lesser Bear - Little Dipper | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
� . . '. .�` | 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 |