the distances of the merak star
Merak is a greenish white star
Merak, also known as Beta Ursae Majoris, is a blue-white star located in the constellation Ursa Major. Its surface temperature is approximately 80,000 Kelvin, which contributes to its blue hue. As a spectral type B star, Merak is much hotter and more luminous than our Sun.
Its mass is 2.7 times that of our sun whil its radius is 3.02 times as large.
Merak is a star, not a constellation. Merak and Dubhe are the two "pointer" stars at the lip of the Big Dipper, that point to Polaris in the northern sky. Merak is an "A1" spectral class "white" star, about 3 times more massive than the Sun, and correspondingly hotter.
it is a white main sequence star
Merak and Dubhe
The bigger the star's radius, the greater its surface area which emits the light. The bigger the temperature, the more luminous is the light the star is emitting.
About 9100 degrees Celsius.
78 light years
Merak is a star in the Big Dipper constellation, which is part of our Milky Way galaxy. The distance between Earth and Merak is about 79.7 light-years.
Merak is a blue-white main sequence star, also known as a type A1V star. It is part of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) constellation and is approximately 79 light-years away from Earth.
The two bright stars in the cup of the Big Dipper are called Dubhe and Merak. Dubhe is the first star in the bowl, while Merak is the second. Together, they are often used in navigation to locate the North Star, Polaris, by drawing a line from Merak through Dubhe.