Constellations
Ursa Minor (UMi)
The Little Bear
Also known as little bear.
6 looks for Ursa Minor
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Ursa Minor
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Little Bear
- IAU abbreviation
- UMi
- Its stars are named
- Ursae Minoris (as in "Alpha Ursae Minoris")
- Family
- Ursa Major family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in July
- Centre
- Right ascension 15h 46m, declination +80° 01′
- The figure
- 7 stars joined by 7 lines
- Brightest star
- Polaris, magnitude 2.02
Star patterns in it: Little Dipper.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Polaris (α UMi)mag 2.02
- Kochab (β UMi)mag 2.08
- Pherkad (γ UMi)mag 3.05
- Circitores (ε UMi)mag 4.23
- Akfa Farkadain (ζ UMi)mag 4.32
- Yildun (δ UMi)mag 4.36
- Anwa Farkadain (η UMi)mag 4.95
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation