Megrez is located at the intersection of the body and tail of the bear or the ladle and handle of the dipper. It is a white star and is around 60 light-years from Earth. After Megrez we have the star Dubhe , completing the top frame of the dipper. Merak is the star that outlines the bottom of the dipper. Phecda or also known as Gamma Ursae Majoris completes the bottom frame of the dipper.
Phecda is a white star with a magnitude of 2. Muscida is the star that is located at the head of the bear. This star is also known as Omicron Ursae Majoris. It is a yellow giant star with a distance of around light-years from earth. It is referred to as Lota Ursae Majoris. This star is a four-star system. It contains two pairs of binary stars that are roughly 45 light-years away from earth.
Tania Borealis is a white star that is about light-years from the earth. Tania Australis is a red giant star around light-years from earth.
The Alula Borealis is an orange giant with a distance of around light-years from earth. Alula Australis is a four-star system. It consists of two pairs of binary stars. These stars are 30 light-years from our earth. The main stars in this system are like sun stars. The other ones are considered to be red dwarfs. Ursa Major contains seven Messier objects that are located within and around the constellation.
The Ursa Major constellation also contains 13 stars within it that are confirmed as planets. There are two meteor showers associated with the constellation; the Alpha Ursa Majorids and the Leonids-Ursids. Ursa Major constellation belongs to the Ursa Major family of constellations. M81, M82, and NGC can be seen in this photo view larger version. If you have ever seen the big dipper in the sky, then you have already seen part of the Ursa Major constellation.
Note, the big dipper is part of the Ursa Major constellation, but it is not the whole constellation. The constellation is often said to look like a bear when the stars are joined up in a particular order.
You will need to use your imagination to see the bear in all its glory, but nevertheless, looking for Ursa Major is even more fun because of its big dipper. The brightest star of Ursa Major is called Alioth. It is the 31st brightest star we can see from Earth and it is relatively close to us at just 81 light years away. This is still very far, but many other constellation stars are over light years away.
The brightest stars are not always the closest stars to Earth. Alioth is one of the seven stars that form the big dipper asterism. The other six stars are:. Ursa Major is the third biggest constellation and covers square degrees. There are many other star constellations close to Ursa Major. Yes — the Ursa Major constellation is visible across most of the Northern Hemisphere for the entire year.
Ursa Major lies north of the Ecliptic which is different to the Celestial Equator. The Celestial Equator is the projection of the terrestrial equator into space. The Ecliptic is the path that the Earth takes round the Sun. The Earth is titled at The Zodiac constellations are based on the Ecliptic. There are 28 Extrasolar Planets Exoplanets in this constellation that are detailed on this site. There is a dedicated page for exoplanets in Ursa Major. There are 7 deep space objects that were identified by Charles Messier in this constellation.
There are 33 non-Messier deep space objects that are covered on this site and the list is below. You can't just go to one location and arrive at the constellation because the constellation is made up of stars at different locations and different distances.
The nearest main star in the constellation is at a distance of The average distance to the main stars is The image below was generated using Night Vision , a free to use and download application by Brian Simspon. The caveat of these stars are that they are catalogued on this site. If you know of a star that is nearer or further then do let me know in the comments and I'll add it to the site. Thestars mentioned are from the Hipparcos catalogue or have been added because of their special status.
The nearest star to Earth is Lalande which is roughly about 8. It is associated with several Greek and Roman myths. In Greek mythology, it is often associated with Callisto, a nymph who was turned into a bear by Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus. It has taken different forms in different cultures including an ox, camel, shark, skunk, sickle, bushel, and canoe.
In Hindu legend the brightest stars represent the Seven Sages and the constellation is known as Saptarshi. In some Native American stories, the three stars in the handle of the dipper represented three warriors chasing a great bear.
Ursa Major is the site of the well-known double star Mizor and Alcor, located in the middle of the dipper's handle. These two stars were the first double star to ever be photographed.
They can easily be separated with a good pair of binoculars. The brightest star in the constellation is Alioth with a visual magnitude of 1.
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