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	PS Wiki Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ursa Minor is a constellation in the northern sky, the name of which means Small Bear in Latin.
		In early greek mythology, the seven stars in Ursa Minor were considered to be the Hesperides, daughters of Atlas.
		BoÃ¶tes, Ursa Major, and Draco) it may have formed the origin of the myth of the apples of the Hesperides, which forms part of The Twelve Labours of Herakles.
	70.84.119.226 /~puresear/PSWiki/index.php?title=Ursa_Minor (563 words)

	polaris - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Polaris (α UMi / α Ursae Minoris / Alpha Ursae Minoris) is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor.
		It is also very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current north pole star (but this is only a temporary situation due to precession).
		It is easy to find Polaris by following the line traced from Merak to Dubhe (β and α Ursae Majoris, also known as the Pointers), the two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/polaris (633 words)

	Star Tales – Ursa Minor
		Ursa Minor has a similar ladle shape to Ursa Major, and so it is popularly termed the Little Dipper.
		At the end of the Little Bear’s tail (or the dipper’s handle) is the star Alpha Ursae Minoris, commonly known by the Latin name Polaris because it is the nearest bright star to the north celestial pole.
		Two stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper, Beta and Gamma Ursae Minoris, are sometimes referred to as the Guardians of the Pole.
	www.ianridpath.com /startales/ursaminor.htm (535 words)

	URSA MINOR - LoveToKnow Article on URSA MINOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		KVVOS, dog's; ovpa, tail), alleging this to be one of the dogs of Callisto, who became Ursa major.
		The Phoenicians named it Phoenice, or the Phoenician constellation, possibly in allusion to the fact that the brightest star is a Ursae minoris or the pole-star, which being situated very close to the north pole is of incalculable service to navigators.
		Ursae minoris, more generally known as the pole-star or Polaris, a star of the 2nd magnitude, describes a circle of 2 25' daily about the north pole; it has a gth-magnitude companion, and is also a spectroscopic binary.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /U/UR/URSA_MINOR.htm (161 words)

	Beta Ursae Minoris -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Beta Ursae Minoris -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Beta Ursae Minoris (β UMi / β Ursae Minoris) is the second brightest star in the (A configuration of stars as seen from the earth) constellation (A constellation outside the Zodiac that rotates around the North Star) Ursa Minor.
		Kochab was the naked-eye star that served as the (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) Earth's pole star from 1900 BC to 1100 BC.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/beta_ursae_minoris.htm (124 words)

	Virtual Science Center
		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.
		He grabbed the bear by her tail, whirled her around his head (thus stretching out her tail until it was very long) and slung her up into the sky.
		From Europe through Siberia and across the Bering Strait to the American northwest, many people saw a bear (the four stars of the Dipper's bowl), followed by three hunters (the three stars of the Dipper's handle.) This widespread image of a bear occurring across the globe hints at the possible great age of the constellation.
	www.chabotspace.org /vsc/planetarium/thesky/constellationlore/ursamajor.asp?rw=yes (892 words)

	Ursa Minor -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Polaris (Alpha Ursae Minoris), at the end of the Little Dipper's handle, marks (roughly) the position of the north celestial pole.
		Ursa Minor is surrounded on three sides by the coils of Draco, the...
		Ursa Major (the name means “Great Bear”) is most famous for containing the Big Dipper (sometimes called the Plough), an asterism formed from about half the bright stars in this constellation.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9074495?tocId=9074495 (775 words)

	Ursa Minor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The constellation of Ursa Minor, though not very brilliant, is important since it contains the North Pole, indicated by Polaris, the principal star of the constellation.
		Polaris is a yellow supergiant which is about 600 light-years away: it is not exactly at the North Pole, but it is at a distance of less than one degree; because of the precession, however, it is approaching the Pole (it will return to get further after 2100).
		Polaris is a variable star, which oscillates between magnitude 2,1 and 2,2 with a period of about 4 days, and besides it is a double star, considering that it has a companion of ninth magnitude.
	www.astrofilitrentini.it /mat/costell/umi_e.html (139 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The White Snow Rabbits of Alpha Ursae Minoris is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape.
		Alpha Ursae Minoris's national animal is the rabbit, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the snow.
		Alpha Ursae Minoris is ranked 48,587th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.
	www.nationstates.net /-1/page=display_nation/nation=alpha_ursae_minoris (191 words)

	Ursa Major/Ursa Minor- [] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Merak and Dughe are the famous “pointers” used to locate the North Star Polaris (Ursae Minoris).
		Ursa Major is noted for its nest of remote galaxies, among the brighter of which are the five from Messier’s list and many of Sir William Herschel’s discoveries bearing NGC numbers.
		Of all the objects in the night sky, the only one that remains at almost the same position at all times is Alpha () Ursae Minoris (better know as Polaris) or the North Star.
	www.myneriage.com /other_pins.html (357 words)

	Ursa Minor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ursa Minor is a fainter version of the Big Dipper (or Plough, in the UK), and is home to the North Star.
		The present pole star, alpha Ursae Minoris, will be at the closest to the pole in 2102 AD, at which time it will only be 27' 31" from the north pole.
		However beta UMi (Kochab), the brightest star in the constellation, is sometimes closer to the pole than is alpha, as it was 3000 years ago.
	www.dibonsmith.com /umi_con.htm (355 words)

	The Christian Sky Constellations: Jonah's Fish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The stars Thuban and 10 Draconis mark its lower teeth, and at the tip of its outstretched tongue glows the dim variable star known as RR Ursae Minoris.
		Dotting the top of its head are the dim stars Delta Ursae Minoris and Epsilon Ursae Minoris, which once belonged to The Little Bear's tail.
		Outlining the pectoral fin of Jonah's Fish are the stars Giausar and Muscida, the latter of which sparkles near the tip of the fin.
	www.christiansky.com /fish.html (1517 words)

	Alpha Ursae Minoris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Alpha Ursae Minoris is much better known as The Pole Star, or Polaris, or simply as 'The North Pole' although this isn't quite accurate.
		The three stars that form a triangle are in Cepheus although the brightest of the three is still called 2 Ursae Majoris as it was originally catalogued in that constellation.
		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.
	www.dibonsmith.com /umi_a.htm (569 words)

	Cosmic Voyage-The Online Resource for Amateur Astronomers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This Sb-type galaxy resides in the northern sky.
		4.3 magnitude Zeta Ursae Minoris lies a similar distance to the west-southwest.
		The sketch at left presents NGC 6217 as he appears at 129X in the 10-inch Starfinder Newtonian.
	members.aol.com /billferris/n6217.html (128 words)

	This article is about the pole star Other uses of...
		"Polaris", Alpha Ursae Minoris Ursae Minoris, is the bright star closest to the north celestial pole, making it the current north pole star pole star.
		Only twice during every 24 hours does Polaris accurately define the true north azimuth azimuth; the rest of the time it is only an approximation and must be corrected using tables.
		It is easy to find Polaris by following the line traced from Merak to Dubhe (β and α Ursae Majoris Ursae Majoris), the two stars at the end of the bowl of the Big Dipper Big Dipper.
	www.biodatabase.de /Polaris (449 words)

	Ursa Minor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Another famous asterism is the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
		The most famous star in Ursa Minor is Polaris, the North Star.
		This is the star that is nearest to the North Celestial Pole.
	www.astro.wisc.edu /~dolan/constellations/constellations/Ursa_Minor.html (312 words)

	2 UMi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Polaris (the jewel in a small semicircle of faint telescopic stars called the "Engagement Ring") is centered in a six-degree-wide field of view that shows a variety of other "polar stars." 2 Ursae Minoris is the bright star at the lower edge to the right of center.
		Lamdba Ursae Minoris is the reddish star up and to the right of Polaris, while Yildun (Delta UMi) is the brighter of the two stars at the upper right corner.
		Consequently, "2 UMi" in a sense no longer exists; rather is no longer recognized as a correct name, the star going mostly by "HR 285." That, by the way, is not nearly so bad as a much fainter ninth magnitude (just barely, 8.54) star called R Cephei.
	www.astro.uiuc.edu /projects/sow/2umi.html (488 words)

	Arabic Star Names
		Dhira', Al (a and B Canis Minoris), 135; (the 5th manzil), 231; (a Orionis), 310.
		.Ka'id Banat al Na'ash (eta Ursae Majoris), 441.
		.Ku.tb al Shamali'yy, Al (Ursa Minor and a Ursae Minoris), 457.
	www.voynich.nu /extra/donstars.html (3082 words)

	URSA MINOR (" THE LITTLE BEAR ") - Online Information article about URSA MINOR (" THE LITTLE BEAR ")
		URSA MINOR (" THE LITTLE BEAR ") - Online Information article about URSA MINOR (" THE LITTLE BEAR ")
		star is a Ursae minoris or the See also:
		a Ursae minoris, more generally known as the pole-star or Polaris, a star of the and magnitude, describes a circle of 2° 25' daily about the north pole; it has a 9th-magnitude See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TUM_VAN/URSA_MINOR_THE_LITTLE_BEAR_.html (263 words)

	A Night with the Little Bear (long)
		This object is easy to locate with a Telrad by placing Pherkad (13-Gamma Ursae Minoris, mag 3.1), the dimmer of the end stars in the bowl of the dipper, just inside the outer Telrad circle, then get mag 2.1 Kochab (7-Beta Ursae Minoris) just outside the other side of the Telard circle.
		It is a very easy find, located virtually on the line from mag 4.3 16-Zeta Ursae Minoris (the bowl star that attaches to the dipper's handle), to mag 4.4 22-Epsilon Ursae Minoris (the first handle star away from the bowl).
		The best method I found to arrive at this NGC is to use the line of the bowl of the dipper described by 16-Zeta and mag 5.0 21-Eta Ursae Minoris, extend the line out further that direction about the same distance, and place the edge of the outer Telrad circle right on the imaginary line.
	observers.org /reports/98.09.19.5.html (4411 words)

	24 UMi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		24 UMI AND HR 286 UMI (24 Ursae Minoris and HR 286 Ursae Minoris), a two-for-one special and a study in similarity and contrast.
		The first two stars of the Little Dipper in Ursa Minor (the Smaller Bear) are famed Polaris and
		Next to each, at similar angular separations (about a third of a degree), are much fainter stars, HR 286 Ursae Minoris (the name from the Yale Bright Star Catalogue) and 24 UMi (Flamsteed's 24),
	www.astro.uiuc.edu /~kaler/sow/24umi.html (527 words)

	AstroHobby.com -- Constellation Information
		For example, the "alpha" star of Ursa Minor, is called "alpha Ursae Minoris" (i.e., "alpha of Ursa Minor"), and is usually shortened in print to "alpha UMi".
		For example, Ursa Major is called the "Great Bear", "Greater Bear", "Large Bear", or "Big Bear".
		The way that the constellation figures are constructed -- which stars in the constellation are connected to make the constellation figure -- is also not standardized.
	www.panix.com /~ddellutr/astro/consinfo.htm (350 words)

	Polar Aligning a German Equatorial Mount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The star Beta Ursae Minoris, the second brightest star in the Little Dipper (shown below), can be used to orient the polar alignment scope.
		If, for example, Beta Ursae Minoris is to the upper left of Polaris, as in the diagram below, rotate the polar alignment scope until the small, offset circle is to the upper left of the center crosshairs.
		Use the fine-adjustment knobs on the mount to place Polaris in the offset circle in the polar alignment scope.
	www.starizona.com /basics/polarg2.html (329 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)

	Polaris
		The star Polaris (Scientific Name Alpha Ursae Minoris) is located at right ascension 2h 31.812m and declination 89° 15.850'.
		Polaris is a relatively bright star with a magnitude of 2.02.
		It has an Hd number of 8890, an FK5 number of 907, and a SAO number of 308.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /stars/polaris.htm (56 words)

	Pherkad
		The star Pherkad (Scientific Name Gamma Ursae Minoris) is located at right ascension 15h 20.728m and declination 71° 50.033'.
		Pherkad is a relatively dim star with a magnitude of 3.05.
		It has an Hd number of 137422, an FK5 number of 569, and a SAO number of 8220.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /stars/pherkad.htm (56 words)

	ESI_Nocturnal
		Ursae minoris, having graduated circles for hours and days of the month (this disk is sometimes saw-toothed to aid in determining its relative position in the dark), 3) an index arm to line up with the indicator stars, and 4) a pierced bolt which also serves as a site to line up the Pole star.
		It is not necessary or desirable to number them.
		Ursae minoris as the indicator star it is held with the highest midnight position (May 5) of this star at the top, and Polaris is sighted through the center hole.
	www.humboldt.edu /~rap1/EarlySciInstSite/Instruments/Nocturnal/Nocturnal.htm (555 words)

	ASTRONOMICAL FORMULAE
		Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) to Delta Ursae Majoris (Megrez) 10o
		Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) to Eta Ursae Majoris (Alkaid).
		Alpha Ursae Majoris (Dubhe) to Alpha Ursae Minoris
	www.asterism.org /clubact/calcfrm3.htm (401 words)

	[76.15] $\delta$ Scuti-type Variability in the Eclipsing Binary RU Ursae Minoris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		[76.15] \delta Scuti-type Variability in the Eclipsing Binary RU Ursae Minoris
		Light and radial velocity curves solutions for the eclipsing and spectroscopic binary RU Ursae Minoris are presented.
		The system is found to be semi-detached with the cooler (less massive) star filling its Roche lobe.
	www.aas.org /publications/baas/v31n5/aas195/322.htm (212 words)

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