Alpha Ursae Majoris (α UMa / α Ursae Majoris) is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major (despite its Bayer designation of "alpha"). It also has the traditional name Dubhe. It forms part of the Big Dipper (also known in English as the Plough or the Great Bear), and is the northern of the pointers, the two stars of Ursa Major which point towards Polaris. However, it is not part of the Ursa Major moving group. Instead, it is an evolved helium-burning star, about 124 light years away. It is a multiple star, orbited by a main sequence companion, Dubhe B, at a distance of about 23 astronomical units (AU), as well as a close pair, Dubhe C, at a distance of about 8000 AU. The traditional name comes from the Arabic for "bear", dubb, from the phrase ظهر الدب الاكبرżahr ad-dubb al-akbar "the back of the Greater Bear".
Dubhe is part of the constellation called Ursa Major. It is classified as a yellow giant and is the 37th brightest star in Earth's galaxy.
The spectral classification for Dubhe is K0III, but it also has a companion star (with 0.4 times the mass) which is classified as F0V.
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No, it is a Yellow Giant
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Dubhe is the traditional name for Alpha Ursae Majoris, a star system in the Plough constellation (Big Dipper). The main star is a orange/red supergiant, but two other smaller yellowish white stars are also part of the same system.
Merak and Dubhe, often referred to as the pointer stars, point to Polaris, which many people know as the North Star.
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No, it is a Yellow Giant
The Ark is the brightest star in the big dipper
Dubhe is the traditional name for Alpha Ursae Majoris, a star system in the Plough constellation (Big Dipper). The main star is a orange/red supergiant, but two other smaller yellowish white stars are also part of the same system.
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Merak and Dubhe, often referred to as the pointer stars, point to Polaris, which many people know as the North Star.
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Dubhe and Alioth are the brightest stars in the big dipper both with an apparent magnitude of 1.8.
The stars Merak (β Ursae Majoris) and Dubhe (α Ursae Majoris) are known as the "pointer stars" because they are helpful for finding Polaris, also known as the North Star. By visually tracing a line from Merak through Dubhe and continuing, one's eye will land on Polaris, accurately indicating true north
"Dubh" means "black". "Dubhe" is not in accordance with Gaelic spelling, "dubha" would be.