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Alkaid
Alkaid, designated Eta Ursae Majoris, is a blue-white main-sequence star located at the tip of the handle of the Big Dipper in Ursa Major. It is approximately 104 light-years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of around 1.86, making it one of the brightest stars in the asterism. Unlike the other six Dipper stars, Alkaid is not a member of the Ursa Major Moving Group. With a surface temperatu...
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Megrez
Megrez, designated Delta Ursae Majoris, is an A-type main-sequence star approximately 81 light-years from Earth. With an apparent magnitude of 3.3, it is the faintest of the seven stars that form the Big Dipper asterism in the constellation Ursa Major. Megrez marks the junction point where the handle of the Dipper connects to its bowl, and its name derives from Arabic meaning the root of the tail....
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