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Alcor
Alcor is a white main sequence star of spectral type A5V located approximately 81 light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. With an apparent visual magnitude near 4.0, it forms a close naked-eye visual pair with Mizar in the handle of the Big Dipper. The two stars were historically used as a vision test across multiple cultures. Though once thought to be unrelated, Alcor and Mizar ap...
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Dubhe
Dubhe, designated Alpha Ursae Majoris, is a binary star system located approximately 124 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Ursa Major. The primary component is an orange giant of spectral type K0III, while the companion is a main-sequence star of similar type in a wide orbit. Dubhe is one of the seven stars that form the Big Dipper asterism and, together with Merak (Beta Ursae Majoris)...
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