Ursa Major

A huge and conspicuous constellation, the third-largest, containing the Plough asterism. It is mentioned extensively in literature from the earliest times, and is one of the two constellations (the other being Orion) that most people in the N hemisphere can locate without difficulty. It contains the wide double star Mizar and Alcor, spiral galaxies, and a notable planetary nebula.

ly	Notes
ε	77	Epsilon Ursae Majoris, Alioth	1.76	80.9	<
h	23	23 Ursae Majoris	3.65	75.5
χ	63	Chi Ursae Majoris, Alkafzah, Alkaphrah, El Koprah	3.69	196	< القفزة al-qafzah The Leap
υ	29	Upsilon Ursae Majoris	3.78	115	Delta Scuti type variable star
ξ	53	Xi Ursae Majoris, Alula Australis	3.79	28.8	<
f	15	15 Ursae Majoris	4.46
	26	26 Ursae Majoris	4.47
d	24	24 Ursae Majoris	4.54
π²	4	Pi-2 Ursae Majoris, Muscida	4.59	252	< post-classical Latin musus "snout", "muzzle" Muscida shared with ο Ursae Majoris
	83	83 Ursae Majoris	4.63
ω	45	Omega Ursae Majoris	4.66	267
τ	14	Tau Ursae Majoris	4.67	122
ρ	8	Rho Ursae Majoris	4.74	287
	55	55 Ursae Majoris	4.76
σ²	13	Sigma-2 Ursae Majoris	4.80	66.7
e	18	18 Ursae Majoris	4.80
	36	36 Ursae Majoris	4.82
	78	78 Ursae Majoris	4.93
	56	56 Ursae Majoris	4.99
	46	46 Ursae Majoris	5.02
	47	47 Ursae Majoris	5.03	45.9	has two planets
	49	49 Ursae Majoris	5.06
	38	38 Ursae Majoris	5.12
	44	44 Ursae Majoris	5.12
σ¹	11	Sigma-1 Ursae Majoris	5.15	500
	27	27 Ursae Majoris	5.15
	37	37 Ursae Majoris	5.16
c	16	16 Ursae Majoris	5.18
	67	67 Ursae Majoris	5.22
	31	31 Ursae Majoris	5.27
	17	17 Ursae Majoris	5.28
	57	57 Ursae Majoris	5.30
	61	61 Ursae Majoris	5.31
	74	74 Ursae Majoris	5.37
	82	82 Ursae Majoris	5.46
A	2	2 Ursae Majoris	5.47
	70	70 Ursae Majoris	5.54
	59	59 Ursae Majoris	5.56
	6	6 Ursae Majoris	5.57
	42	42 Ursae Majoris	5.57
	81	81 Ursae Majoris	5.60
π¹	3	Pi-1 Ursae Majoris, Muscida	5.64	46.5	< post-classical Latin musus "snout", "muzzle" Muscida shared with ο Ursae Majoris BY Draconis type variable star
	43	43 Ursae Majoris	5.66
	73	73 Ursae Majoris	5.68
	84	84 Ursae Majoris	5.68
	86	86 Ursae Majoris	5.70
b	5	5 Ursae Majoris	5.72
	62	62 Ursae Majoris	5.73
	32	32 Ursae Majoris	5.74
	22	22 Ursae Majoris	5.77
	39	39 Ursae Majoris	5.79
	71	71 Ursae Majoris	5.82
	66	66 Ursae Majoris	5.83
	58	58 Ursae Majoris	5.94
	51	51 Ursae Majoris	6.01
	76	76 Ursae Majoris	6.02
	75	75 Ursae Majoris	6.07
	60	60 Ursae Majoris	6.09
	35	35 Ursae Majoris	6.32
	41	41 Ursae Majoris	6.34
	68	68 Ursae Majoris	6.34
		Groombridge 1830	6.42	29.9	nearby yellow subdwarf
	28	28 Ursae Majoris	6.51
	65	65 Ursae Majoris	6.54		binary star; component magnitudes: 6.54, 7.16
	71	71 Ursae Majoris	7.09
	40	40 Ursae Majoris	7.22
		Lalande 21185	7.48	8.2	nearby, has possible planets
		W Ursae Majoris	7.75v	162	variable star: 7.75–8.48
		Winnecke 4, M40	9.0	510	double star; component magnitudes: 9.0, 9.3
		SZ Ursae Majoris	9.31v		variable star
		CF Ursae Majoris	12.00v		variable star
		WX Ursae Majoris	14.4v		variable star

Source: The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed., The Hipparcos Catalogue, ESA SP-1200

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