Saturday, 4 December 2010

ursa major

"Ursa Major" is meaning "Bigger Bear" in Latin. Known as The Plough or the Big Dipper or the Saptarishi is a group of stars or asterism which visible between latitudes 90 and -30 degrees, best seen in April. Actually The Big Dipper is an asterism that lies in the constellation Ursa Major (Great Bear). Big Dipper or The Plough has seven stars:

1- Dubhe ( Alpha Ursa Major) Dubb means bear in arabic. Back of bear.
2- Merak ( Beta Ursa Major) Loin
3- Phecda ( Gamma Ursa Major) Thigh
4- Megrez ( Delta Ursa Major) Root of tail
5- Alioth ( Epsilon Ursa Major) Tails thicker part
6- Mizar ( Zeta Ursa Major) Girdle
7- Alkaid (Eta Ursa Major) Commander

and the rest of the named stars of Ursa Major are:

  • Talitha (Iota Ursa Major)

  • Tania Borealis (Lambda Ursa Major)

  • Tania Australis (Mu Ursa Major)

  • Alula Borealis (Nu Ursa Major)

  • Alula Australis (Xi Ursa Major)

  • Muscida (Omicron Ursa Major)

  • Muscida (Pi 1 Ursa Major)

  • Muscida (Pi 2 Ursa Major)

  • ALCOR (80 Ursa Major)


  • for further and remarkable information: http://www.dibonsmith.com/uma_con.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major
    http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Ursa_Major.html

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