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What is alpha Ursa major?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

It is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Major, the "big bear" which contains the group of stars we know as the Big Dipper. It is called Dubhe and is known as the star in the big dipper that would be considered the lip of the dipper.

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