Image: Ursa Major, Ursa Minor and Polaris
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Description: Polaris, the North Star, is found by imagining a line from Merak (β) to Dubhe (α) and then extending it for five times the distance after Dubhe (α). Legend: α UMa (Dubhe), β UMa (Merak), γ UMa (Phecda), δ UMa (Megrez), ε UMa (Alioth), ζ UMa (Mizar), η UMa (Alkaid) and α Urasae Minoris (Polaris).
Title: Ursa Major, Ursa Minor and Polaris
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Author: derivative work: Louis Waweru Talk Ursa_Major_and_Ursa_Minor_Constellations.jpg: Alex Zelenko
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