Talk:List of stars in Ursa Major

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New messages: Talk:23 Ursae Majoris and Talk:List of stars in Piscis Austrinus. Chris Dybala 23:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Etymologies

Etymologies don't fit into the table. Please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL ^talk 12:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

BD	F	Name	mag.	ly	Notes
ε	77	Epsilon Ursae Majoris, Alioth	1.76	80.9	< الألية al-alyah, The buttocks. Other names are الحور al-ħawr and الجون al-jawn, both of them mean "the white".
α	50	Alpha Ursae Majoris, Dubhe, Dubh, Dubb, Thahr al Dub al Akbar, Ak	1.81	124	< الدبة al-dubba, The female bear. < ظهر الدب الأكبر z̧ahr ad-dubb al-akbar Back of the greater bear.
η	85	Eta Ursae Majoris, Benetnasch, Alkaid, Elkeid	1.86	101	< القائد al-qāid, The leader. The extended name is قائد بنات نعش qāid banāt na'ash "The leader of the daughters of the bier" (the daughters of the bier, i.e. the mourning maidens, are the three stars of the handle of the Big Dipper, Alkaid, Mizar, and Alioth.)
ζ	79	Mizar, Zeta Ursae Majoris, Mizat, Mirza	2.23	78.2	< المئزر mi´zar, the girdle visual double star with Alcor
β	48	Beta Ursae Majoris, Merak, Mirak	2.34	79.4	< المراق al-meraq The Loins [of the bear]
γ	64	Gamma Ursae Majoris, Phad, Phecda, Phegda, Phekha, Phacd	2.41	83.7	< الفخذ al-fakhð, The Thigh. The extended name is فخذ الدب الأكبر fakhð al-dubb al-akbar, the thigh of the Greater Bear.
ψ	52	Psi Ursae Majoris, Ta Tsun	3.00	147	< Name of chinese origin.
μ	34	Mu Ursae Majoris, Tania Australis, Alkafzah Australis	3.06	249	< القفزة الثانية al-qafzat aθ-θāniyah (or at-tāniyah) The Second Leap [القفزة by itself is al-qafzah] + austrālis southern Semiregular variable
ι	9	Iota Ursae Majoris, Talitha Borealis, Talita Borealis, Dnoces, Alphikra Borealis	3.12	47.7	< القفزة الثالثة al-qafzat aθ-θāliθah (or at-tālitah), The Third Leap + boreālis northern < second backwards < الفقرة الثالثة al-fiqrah aθ-θāliθah, The third vertebra, which is a corruption of al-qafzah. Double binary star.
θ	25	Theta Ursae Majoris, Al Haud, Sarir, Sarir Bonet?	3.17	44.0	< الحوض al-ħawđ̧, The pelvis. < السرير as-sarīr, The bed [of the dead].
δ	69	Delta Ursae Majoris, Megrez, Kaffa	3.32	81.4	< المغرز al-maghriz The Root/Insertion-point [of the bear's tail]
ο	1	Omicron Ursae Majoris, Muscida	3.35	184	< post-classical Latin musus "snout", "muzzle" Muscida shared with π¹,² Ursae Majoris
λ	33	Lambda Ursae Majoris, Tania Borealis, Alkafzah Borealis	3.45	134	< القفزة الثانية al-qafzat aθ-θāniyah (or at-tāniyah) The Second Leap [القفزة by itself is al-qafzah] + boreālis northern
ν	54	Nu Ursae Majoris, Alula Borealis	3.49	421	< القفزة الأولى al-qafzat al-´ūla´ The First Leap + boreālis northern
κ	12	Kappa Ursae Majoris, Talitha Australis, Al Kaprah, Alphikra Australis	3.57	423	< القفزة الثالثة al-qafzat aθ-θāliθah The Third Leap + austrālis southern Al Kaprah is a corruption of القفزة al-qafzah The Leap < الفقرة الثالثة al-fiqrah aθ-θāliθah, The third vertebra, which is a corruption of al-qafzah.
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	< القفزة الأولى al-qafzat al-´ūla´ The First Leap (of the Gazelle) + austrālis southern binary star; component magnitudes: 4.4 + 4.9 RS Canum Venaticorum type variable star
g	80	Alcor, 80 Ursae Majoris, Saidak	3.99	81.2	visual double star with Mizar < الخوار al-khawar, The weak, the dim. < السها Al-Suha, the pious woman. < الصيدق al-saidaq or الصيدوق al-saiduq, The honest.
f	15	15 Ursae Majoris	4.46
	26	26 Ursae Majoris	4.47	126.8
d	24	24 Ursae Majoris	4.54	77.86
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	223
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	127
σ²	13	Sigma-2 Ursae Majoris	4.80	66.7
e	18	18 Ursae Majoris	4.80	74.2
	36	36 Ursae Majoris	4.82	44.72
	78	78 Ursae Majoris	4.93	83.8...
	56	56 Ursae Majoris	4.99	1425
	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	125
	44	44 Ursae Majoris	5.12	217
σ¹	11	Sigma-1 Ursae Majoris	5.15	500
	27	27 Ursae Majoris	5.15
	37	37 Ursae Majoris	5.16	88.2
c	16	16 Ursae Majoris	5.18	74.6
	67	67 Ursae Majoris	5.22	170
	31	31 Ursae Majoris	5.27	129
	17	17 Ursae Majoris	5.28
	57	57 Ursae Majoris	5.30	127.7
	61	61 Ursae Majoris	5.31	31.1
	74	74 Ursae Majoris	5.37	83
	82	82 Ursae Majoris	5.46	293
A	2	2 Ursae Majoris	5.47	185.5
	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	243.2...
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	268
b	5	5 Ursae Majoris	5.72
	62	62 Ursae Majoris	5.73	121
	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	929	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

RA10h2m59.77s D55º46'37.28 - MARÍA 24021980 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.57.90.67 (talk) 09:13, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

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