Kappa Ursae Majoris - Factbites

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	Star Tales – Ursa Major
		The second leap is represented by Lambda and Mu Ursae Majoris, known as Tania Borealis and Tania Australis, while the third leap is represented by Iota and Kappa Ursae Majoris, although Iota alone bears the name Talitha, from the Arabic meaning ‘third’.
		At the tip of the bear’s tail lies Eta Ursae Majoris, known both as Alkaid, from the Arabic al-qa’id meaning ‘the leader’, or as Benetnasch, from the Arabic banat na’sh meaning ‘daughters of the bier’ – for the Arabs regarded this figure not as a bear but as a bier or coffin.
		Gamma Ursae Majoris is called Phad or Phecda, from the Arabic word meaning ‘the thigh’.
	www.ianridpath.com /startales/ursamajor.htm (1637 words)

	Virtual Science Center
		One of the Bear's front paws is marked by the stars Iota Ursae Majoris and Kappa Ursae Majoris.
		One rear paw is marked by Lambda Ursae Majoris and Mu Ursae Majoris, and the other is marked by Nu Ursae Majoris and Xi Ursae Majoris.
		What to look for: The stars of the Big Dipper all have names: Duhbe (Alpha Ursae Majoris), Merak (Beta Ursae Majoris), Phecda (Gamma Ursae Majoris), Megrez (Delta Ursae Majoris), Alioth (Epsilon Ursae Majoris), Mizar/Alcor (Zeta Ursae Majoris) and Alkaid (Eta Ursae Majoris).
	www.chabotspace.org /vsc/planetarium/thesky/constellationlore/ursamajor.asp (901 words)

	Virtual Science Center
		One of the Bear's front paws is marked by the stars Iota Ursae Majoris and Kappa Ursae Majoris.
		One rear paw is marked by Lambda Ursae Majoris and Mu Ursae Majoris, and the other is marked by Nu Ursae Majoris and Xi Ursae Majoris.
		The Great Bear endlessly circles the North Star (also known as Polaris or Alpha Ursae Minoris).
	www.chabotspace.org /vsc/planetarium/thesky/constellationlore/ursamajor.asp?rw=yes (901 words)

	Kappa Ceti
		In 1998, nine Sol-type stars (naked-eye objects Kappa Ceti, Omicron Aquilae, and Pi1 Ursae Majoris, as well as MQ/5 Serpentis, UU Coronae Borealis, S Fornacis, MT Tauri, BD+10 2783, and Groombridge 1830) were observed to have produced superflares, on average, about once per century.
		It is a New Suspected Variable star designated NSV 1100, and observations announced in 1998 suggest that Kappa Ceti emits a new gargantuan class of stellar mass ejection associated recently with Sol-type stars of spectral class F8 to G8 called a "superflare" (Schaefer et al, 2000).
		The following star systems are located within 10 ly of Kappa Ceti.
	www.solstation.com /stars/kap-ceti.htm (889 words)

	II. Egyptian Sky Charts
		The hawk-headed man holds a line aiming at the Ox-leg; at the end of the Ox-leg there are three stars that are lambda, kappa and alpha Draconis, linking the tip of the Ox-leg, that is, eta Ursae Majoris with the Pole of -2793, that is, alpha Draconis.
		The chart of the Ramesseum, palace of Ramses II, is highly significant because in it the meridian held by the Swan has a secondary position and the entire chart is divided by the meridian held by Cepheus.
		This is shown best of all by the chart in the Tomb of Ramses V, in which the line held by the hawk-headed man divides the chart of the sky at the middle.
	www.metrum.org /key/pyramids/second.htm (3895 words)

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