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What is the Size of Ursa Minor?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

There are a couple of ways to answer. The constellation, one of the smaller ones, is about 250 square degrees. However, this is an "area" of the sky rather like a political unit on a map, designed to make sure every bit of the celestial sphere is assigned to something. The figure most of us discern when trying to locate the North Star is quite a bit smaller.

The "actual" size of the asterism is somewhat illogical, since the stars from Polaris to Pherkad are not on a common surface (as was once thought) but are parsecs "in front" and "behind" each other as well as being laterally separated.

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11y ago

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