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Lambda Ursae Majoris is a star belonging to the spectral class A2 IV, which means that it is evolving into a giant as its hydrogen supply becomes exhausted. and is classified as a semiregular variable star, with variations in brightness fluctuating between 2. It was catalogued by the British astronomer Stephen Groombridge in the early 19th century in his Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars, published posthumously in 1838. The χ-Andromedids and January α-Ursae Majorids: A new and a probable shower associated with Comet C/1992 W1 (Ohshita)". In the equatorial coordinate system, the constellation stretches between the right ascension coordinates of 08 h 08.

Constellations are officially recognised patterns in the night sky that help astronomers divide the sky into sections.Nu and Xi Ursae Majoris are the first of three pairs of stars known to the ancient Arabs as the “leaps of the gazelle.

HD 80606, a sun-like star in a binary system, orbits a common center of gravity with its partner, HD 80607; the two are separated by 1,200AU on average.Sophia and I really liked this book, and it's certainly one I'll be choosing to read to her frequently as she grows! In Shinto, the seven largest stars of Ursa Major belong to Ame-no-Minakanushi, the oldest and most powerful of all kami. It is located in the second quadrant of the northern hemisphere (NQ2) and can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -30°.

The Bear" was translated as "Arcturus" in the Vulgate and it persisted in the King James Version of the Bible. The Pinwheel Galaxy is about 170,000 light years in diameter, which makes it about 70 percent larger than the Milky Way galaxy.The p stands for peculiar because the star’s spectrum of light is similar to that of an Alpha-2 Canum Venaticorum variable.

There are several useful free apps to download that can help you find different constellations and other objects in the sky.This, according to the legend, is why Ursa Major never sets below the horizon in mid-northern latitudes.

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