-
Dubhe is a
multiple star
system in the
northern constellation of Ursa Major. It is
formally designated Alpha Ursae Majoris,
Latinised from α Ursae Majoris...
-
imaginary line
through the
front two
stars of the asterism,
Merak (β) and
Dubhe (α). This
makes it
useful in
celestial navigation. The
constellation of...
-
configuration mimics the
shape of the "Little Dipper". Two of its stars,
named Dubhe and
Merak (α
Ursae Majoris and β
Ursae Majoris), can be used as the navigational...
-
found by
imagining a line from
Merak (β) to
Dubhe (α) and then
extending it for five
times the
distance after Dubhe (α) to
Polaris (α
Ursae Minoris)....
- in the
constellation Ursa Major. The
leading edge (defined by the
stars Dubhe and Merak) is
referenced to a
clock face, and the true
azimuth of Polaris...
- and Beta Centauri,
which point to the
Southern Cross Alpha Ursae Majoris (
Dubhe) and Beta
Ursae Majoris (Merak),
which point to
Polaris Pointer (wireless...
-
Chinese astronomy in the same
order as with the
Bayer designations, with
Dubhe first in both cases. For example,
Altair is
named 河鼓二 in Chinese. 河鼓 is...
-
creatures from
Norse mythology and
named after the
stars of Ursa Major.
Dubhe Alpha Siegfried (α星ドゥベのジークフリート, Arufa-sei Dube no Jīkufurīto)
Voiced by:...
-
imaginary straight line from this star
through the
nearby Alpha Ursae Majoris (
Dubhe)
extends to Polaris, the
north star. In 1943, β
Ursae Majoris was listed...
-
discovered in 1869 by
Richard A. Proctor, who
noticed that,
except for
Dubhe and
Alkaid (Eta
Ursae Majoris), the
stars of the Big
Dipper asterism all...
