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	Beta Ursae Minoris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kochab, Kocab, Kochah, 7 Ursae Minoris, Al Kaukab al Shamaliyy, HR 5563, BD +74 595, HD 131873, GCTP 3373.00, SAO 8102, FK5 550, HIP 72607.
		Kochab has a surface temperature of approximately 4,000 K.
		Kochab and its neighbor Pherkab are both naked-eye stars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kochab (234 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kochab
		Kochab, an obscure Arabic name that might simply mean "star," is just barely the second brightest, and appropriately the Beta, star in Ursa Minor, and represents the top front bowl star of the Little Dipper.
		Polaris is thus only a temporary pole star that will get better into the next century and then will begin to shift away.
		Unlike the Sun, Kochab (which is not particularly unusual among its class), has run out of internal hydrogen fuel, and is an evolving orange giant star that is now running for awhile on the fusion of helium deep in its core.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kochab (334 words)

	The In Nomine Collection: Kochab, Renegade Calabite Prince of Constellations
		Kochab began as a servitor of Vephar, Angel of Sailors and, in turn, Oannes, Archangel of the Waters.
		During his self-imposed exile on earth, Kochab became fascinated with the powers humans were putting in the stars, the idea of the zodiac.
		Further, each of Kochab's servitors must read their horoscopes daily and try to ensure that their day is as the stars write it.
	www.sjgames.com /in-nomine/articles/new/Gallery/dps/kochab.html (943 words)

	Kochab - Wikipedia
		Kochab ("Stern") ist die Bezeichnung des Sterns β (beta) Ursae Minoris im Sternbild Kleiner Bär (Kleiner Wagen).
		Kochab bildet zusammen mit Pherkad den Abschluss des Kastens des Kleinen Wagens.
		Kochab gehört der Spektralklasse K4 an und besitzt eine scheinbare Helligkeit von +2,1
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kochab (91 words)

	eSky: Kochab
		A view of the giant orange star Kochab, from the point of view of two hypothetical bodies in close orbit.
		The Galactic position and direction of Kochab relative to Earth's Sun.
		The giant orange star Kochab is one of the two Guardians of the Pole.
	www.glyphweb.com /esky/stars/kochab.html (143 words)

	pherkad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Like its bowl-mate Kochab, Pherkad is a giant star, but one considerably hotter, at the warm side of class A with a temperature of 8600 Kelvin.
		From its distance of 480 light years, we calculate a high luminosity 1100 times that of the Sun, double that of Kochab, yielding a radius 15 times solar.
		As a warm giant, and a bright one at that, the star is evolving, probably with a for-now quiet helium core surrounded by a ring of fusing hydrogen, its current temperature and luminosity suggesting a mass of around five times solar.
	www.astro.uiuc.edu /~kaler/sow/pherkad.html (467 words)

	Kochab
		The star Kochab (Scientific Name Beta Ursae Minoris) is located at right ascension 14h 50.705m and declination 74° 9.333'.
		Kochab is a relatively bright star with a magnitude of 2.08.
		It has an Hd number of 131873, an FK5 number of 550, and a SAO number of 8102.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /stars/kochab.htm (56 words)

	Kochab
		The names of this star derive from the Arabic name Al Kaukab al Shamaliyy, "The Star of the North." The Arabic name of the star reflects an era when Kochab was nearer to the north celestial pole than Polaris.
		With Kochab and Gamma Ursae Minoris are together known as "The Guardians of the Pole."
		Kochab is a cool, orange K4-III giant star about 190 times as luminous as the sun.
	domeofthesky.com /clicks/kochab.html (114 words)

	Petite Ourse - Wikipédia
		Les étoiles qui entourent Kochab à plus grande distance forment la constellation du Dragon.
		Les deux autres étoiles notables de la constellation, Kochab (β UMi) et Pherkad (γ UMi) se situent respectivement à 130 et 500 années-lumière.
		Les sept étoiles principales de la Petite Ourse (l'Étoile polaire, Kochab, Pherkad, Alifa Al Farkadain (ζ UMi), Anwar Al Farkadain (η UMi), Yildun (δ UMi) et ε UMi) forment un astérisme comparable à celui de la Grande Ourse, en forme de « charriot » ou de « casserole ».
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petite_Ourse (941 words)

	"Clay's Kochab Clock": Precise Portable Polar Alignment EVERY Time!
		Kochab is shown in Figure 1 and in Figure 1A through 1D, and comprises the "top outer" point of the "bowl" of the little dipper ladle as shown.
		I merely waited until Kochab was EXACTLY to the "right" of Polaris, and - with Polaris first centered in the crosshairs and locked tight in elevation - I simply pushed the ETX wedge at the right time exactly 1/4 of the way FROM CENTER to toward the RIGHT (see Figure 1 and Figure 1A).
		Kochab was once again immediately RIGHT of Polaris (after I had adjusted the altitude to put Polaris in the center) so it was in "perfect" position.
	www.arksky.org /Kochab.htm (3705 words)

	USS Kochab
		Acubens; T. Kochab (AKS-6) was launched 30 March 1944, by Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs.
		Kochab cleared Mobile Bay 17 November for shakedown in Chesapeake Bay before departing Norfolk 16 December for duty in the Pacific.
		After Japan surrendered, Kochab departed Okinawa 7 November for the United States as a unit of the "MagicCarpet" fleet.
	www.navyhistory.com /AK/kochab.html (301 words)

	Foster parenting: Is it for you?, Part 3: Mommy, Mama and me (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		By preserving memories of the whole family, Kochab says, "I think also we have to be an advocate for the parents.
		Technically, Kochab is "Mommy," and Stellini is "Mama.""Zachary flip-flops it," Kochab says of their adopted son.
		Kochab and Stellini each come from parents who are still married.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1696415/posts (1082 words)

	SPACE.com -- Spacewatch Friday: The Little Dipper's Stars Reveal Your Sky's Darkness
		Columbus mentioned these stars in the log of his famous journey across the ocean, and many other navigators have found them useful in measuring the hour of the night and their place upon the sea.
		The brightest Guardian is Kochab, a second magnitude star with an orange hue.
		The brightest Guardian, Kochab, was the North Star at the time of Plato, around 400 BC.
	www.space.com /spacewatch/little_dipper_020628.html (919 words)

	Inner Sphere Atlas: System
		These drawbacks, however, did not prevent settlers from claiming this world as their own in the early days of humankind's expansion to the stars, or in establishing a series of cities and small towns on both continents within their first century.
		Regarded as something of a backwater world, the Commonwealth invested very little energy into improving the lot of Kochab, and the planet was largely ignored as anything more than a convenient stop to anywhere else, until the early thirtieth century.
		Unfortunately for Kochab, fame proved a fickle mistress, and the weekly soap opera aired its last episode in 3023, the same year that CNN was folded into the expanding Donegal Broadcasting Company, which kept the series alive only in syndication.
	isatlas.teamspam.net /planet-detail.php?planet=5624220 (427 words)

	Centro Storico Genova - Stelle
		Si chiama Kochab e si trova nel vertice in basso a destra del quadrilatero del Piccolo Carro.
		Si chiama Pherkad e si trova nel vertice in basso a sinistra del quadrilatero del Piccolo Carro: insieme a Kochab rappresenta il lato corto inferiore del quadrilatero del Piccolo Carro.
		Kochab e Pherkad sono anche chiamate i "Guardiani del Polo".
	www.centrostoricogenova.com /tipostelle.php3?id=st04nov&rid=stelle (791 words)

	Eclectics.org.uk
		The north-finding stars were Kochab, in the bowl of the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor), and Mizar, in the middle of the handle of The Plough or Big Dipper (Ursa Major).
		Modern astronomers now know that the celestial north pole was exactly aligned between Kochab and Mizar only in the year 2,467 BC.
		And because the error in the Kochab-Mizar alignment can be readily calculated for any date, the error in each pyramid's orientation corresponds to a period of several years.
	www.eclectics.org.uk /print.php?sid=93&POSTNUKESID=fdb00effeafc705aa0916668cadde958 (525 words)

	FM 6-50 Chptr 5 Hasty Survey Techniques
		The second star needed to perform the observation is Kochab, which is the other bright star (as bright as Polaris) in the Little Dipper.
		Of the two front stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper, Kochab is the brighter and the closer to Polaris.
		To establish the orienting line, the horizontal clockwise angle from Kochab to Polaris is measured.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/6-50/Ch5.htm (4601 words)

	Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris)
		Polaris is only a temporary pole star that will get better into the next century and then will begin to shift away.
		About the year 1100 BC, the pole made a reasonably close pass to Kochab, and there are old references to this star being called “Polaris.” Kochab has run out of internal hydrogen fuel, and is an evolving orange giant star probably at the stage of helium-burning.
		It is also classified as a mild barium star.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/K/Kochab.html (203 words)

	The Official Graham Hancock Website: Forum
		The main 'breakthrough' hailed by the media concerns the accurate dating of the Great Pyramid by modelling the precession of the transit of two stars, Kochab (in Ursa Minor) and Mizar (in Ursa Major), at the north meridian of the sky.
		What IS original to me (and NOT to Kate Spence) is the use of Kochab (and other stars such as Sirius and Zeta Orionis) to arrive at a more accurate date of 2450 BC ± 25 years.
		The other two aspects of Kate Spence's thesis, where she alleges all the Pyramid Builders supposedly used her 'invisible line' (formed though Kochab, the pole and Mizar) and that this technique explains variation in the error of alignment of different pyramids, are in fact original to her.
	www.grahamhancock.com /forum/BauvalR1-p1.htm (1696 words)

	Alpha Ursae Minoris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The reason beta is called the North Star may be due to the fact that three thousand years ago beta Ursae Minoris was closer to the celestial north pole than was Polaris.
		Kochab is not only the brightest bowl star, but it shines with a very noticeable orange-metallic colour, making it easy to spot.
		The quickest way to find Kochab is to first locate Cassiopeia, then move in the opposite direction from the pole star about the same distance to the bright orange star.
	www.dibonsmith.com /umi_a.htm (569 words)

	Ursa Minor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Polaris (α UMi): a yellow supergiant of spectral type F7 and an apparent brightness of 2.02m
		This constellation is said to have been introduced in the 6th century B.C. by the Greek astronomer Thales of Miletus, but was certainly already used as a guide by sailors.
		alifa al farkadayn The dim one of the two calves [along with the brighter Kochab].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ursa_Minor (673 words)

	Kochab
		Kochab (AKS-6) was launched 30 March 1944, by Delta Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs.
		King in command; transferred to Mobile, Ala., and decommissioned 5 May; converted to a general stores supply ship by Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co.; and recommissioned 4 November 1944.
		After Japan surrendered, Kochab departed Okinawa 7 November for the United States as a unit of the "Magic Carpet" fleet.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/k5/kochab.htm (269 words)

	The Indestructibles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Indestructibles is the name given by the Ancient Egyptians to refer to two bright stars that always could be seen circling the North Pole.
		Today we know them as Kochab, in the bowl of the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor), and Mizar, in the middle of the handle of the Big Dipper (Ursa Major).
		The Egyptians believed that the unmovable area the stars circled was heaven.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Indestructibles (174 words)

	Kochab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Unlike the Sun, Kochab (which is not particularly unusual among its class), has run out of internal hydrogen fuel, and is an evolving orange class K (K4) giant star that is now running for awhile on the fusion of helium deep in its core.
		At a distance of 126 light years, we calculate that it is almost 500 times more luminous (and about 50 times bigger) than our Sun.
		It has a reputation as a marginal "barium star," the element only a small bit enhanced relative to what is found in the Sun.
	www.astro.uiuc.edu /~kaler/sow/kochab.html (311 words)

	02/04/00
		Normally, the altitude of a star is taken when it does cross the meridian which means when it reaches the highest point in its arc across the sky.
		In this way he repeated the process used by ancient navigators--years of patient observation--but he was able, with the use of modern technology, to speed it up.
		He carefully measured the altitude of Kochab at meridian crossing and an hour before it crossed the meridian and found that the difference in altitude was only a quarter of a degree.
	pvs.kcc.hawaii.edu /home2000/020400.html (860 words)

	StarPilot -- sight Reduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The third sight is Kochab, at 21h 10m 34s with Hs = 47° 28.88', and we will assume we do not know its star number.
		Since "K" for Kochab is between F and M, we press the F3 key to go straight to that part of the list.
		The number to the right (2.2 for Kochab) is the brightness magnitude of the star.
	www.starpilotllc.com /sights.htm (466 words)

	Kochab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kochab, also known as Beta Ursae Minoris, was the naked-eye star that served as the Earth 's pole star from 1900 BC to 1100 BC.
		Pyramid Precision Writing in the journal Nature, Kate Spence shows that the orientation errors of earlier and later pyramids faithfully track the slow drift of Kochab and Mizar.
		Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Kochab.html (187 words)

	The Official Graham Hancock Website: The BBC Horizon Scandal
		In fact, Bauval's interest in Kochab is linked to Rudolf Gantenbrink's initial estimate of the elevation angle of the north shaft of the Queen's Chamber.
		Bauval reports (_The Orion Mystery_, page 173, U.S. edition) that the shaft appears to be targeted on "the centre of the four stars forming the 'head' of Ursa Minor" and later asserts the intended target was Kochab.
		Under the circumstances, Bauval's discussion about the symbolic meaning of the upper culmination of Kochab remains speculative and in any case has nothing to do with the observational process of establishing the meridian Kate Spence describes.
	www.grahamhancock.com /horizon/krupp-mail.htm (1457 words)

	The KochAB Corporation
		It was the North Star of the ancients.
		Even when the Earth wobbles, Kochab is true as the North Star.
		The KochAB Corporation is pleased to announce the release of our new website.
	www.kochab.com (164 words)

	Kochab -- Kochab ist die Bezeichnung des Sterns ? (beta) Ursae Minoris im St... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kochab -- Kochab ist die Bezeichnung des Sterns ?
		Kochab bildet zusammen mit Pherkad den Abschluß des Kastens des Kleinen Wagen.
		Dort ist eine Übersicht der Autoren einsehbar, sowie die Möglichkeit den Original-Text zu editieren.
	kochab.exsudo.de (92 words)

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