circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris (Latinized to Alpha Ursae Minoris) and is commonly called the North Star or Pole Star...

antiquity, the celestial pole was somewhat closer to Beta Ursae Minoris than to Alpha Ursae Minoris, and the entire constellation was taken to indicate the...

now. In classical antiquity, Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) was closer to the celestial north pole than Alpha Ursae Minoris. While there was no naked-eye star...

arrives at the North Celestial Pole and the star Polaris (α UMi/Alpha Ursae Minoris), the North Star. Rigil Kentaurus (α Centauri) and Hadar (β Centauri)...

pair with a period of 547,000 (+66,000/-40,000) years. Polaris or Alpha Ursae Minoris (α UMi), the north star, is a triple star system in which the closer...

time were as follows: The mean position of the North Star Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris) on the first of January was Right Ascension, 1 hour, 41 minutes...

Taiyi [zh], and Tianyi [zh].) . Although the present-day Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris) is located at the tip of the handle of a ladle (the tail of a small...

Roberts-Borsani; Daniel P. Stark; Pascal A. Oesch; Renske Smit (2015). "Lyman-alpha Emission from a Luminous z = 8.68 Galaxy: Implications for Galaxies as Tracers...

the constellation Cygnus RW Leonis Minoris, a carbon star located in the constellation Leo Minor RW Ursae Minoris, a recurrent nova located in the constellation...

considered the pole star until about 1800 BC, when the much brighter Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) began to approach the pole as well. Having gradually drifted...