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Major</div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.5em"> <caption style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold">Alcor </caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align: center; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"><div class="center"> <div class="floatnone"> <div style="width:260px;"> <div style="position:relative; background-color:#FFFFFF; ;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ursa_Major_constellation_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ursa_Major_constellation_map.svg/260px-Ursa_Major_constellation_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ursa_Major_constellation_map.svg/390px-Ursa_Major_constellation_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Ursa_Major_constellation_map.svg/520px-Ursa_Major_constellation_map.svg.png 2x" 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</div>Location of Alcor (<a href="/wiki/Mizar_(star)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mizar (star)">Mizar</a> is circled, Alcor is invisible beside it at this scale.)</div></td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFC0;" colspan="2">Observation data<br /><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a> <a href="/wiki/J2000.0" class="mw-redirect" title="J2000.0">J2000.0</a>      <a href="/wiki/Equinox_(celestial_coordinates)" title="Equinox (celestial coordinates)">Equinox</a> <a href="/wiki/J2000.0" class="mw-redirect" title="J2000.0">J2000.0</a> </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">Constellation</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">Right ascension</a></span> </th> <td><span class="nowrap">13<sup>h</sup> 25<sup>m</sup> 13.53783<sup>s</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-hipparcos_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hipparcos-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">Declination</a> </th> <td>+54° 59′ 16.6548″<sup id="cite_ref-hipparcos_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hipparcos-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">Apparent magnitude</a> (V)</span> </th> <td>+3.99<sup id="cite_ref-mamajek_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mamajek-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Characteristics </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top"> <th style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Stellar_classification" title="Stellar classification">Spectral type</a> </th> <td>A5Vn<sup id="cite_ref-gray_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gray-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> / M3-4<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Astrometry" title="Astrometry">Astrometry</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Radial_velocity" title="Radial velocity">Radial velocity</a> (R<sub>v</sub>)</b></td><td>−9.6<sup id="cite_ref-kidger_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kidger-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> km/s</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Stellar_parallax" title="Stellar parallax">Parallax</a> (π)</b></td><td>39.91 ± 0.13 <a href="/wiki/Milliarcsecond" class="mw-redirect" title="Milliarcsecond">mas</a><sup id="cite_ref-hipparcos_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hipparcos-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Distance_(astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Distance (astronomy)">Distance</a></b></td><td>81.7 ± 0.3 <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">ly</a> <br />(25.06 ± 0.08 <a href="/wiki/Parsec" title="Parsec">pc</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Absolute_magnitude" title="Absolute magnitude">Absolute magnitude</a> (M<sub>V</sub>)</b></td><td>+2.00<sup id="cite_ref-mamajek_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mamajek-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center"></th></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center">Alcor A</th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Stellar_mass" title="Stellar mass">Mass</a></b></td><td>1.84<sup id="cite_ref-zorec_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zorec-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Solar_mass" title="Solar mass"><var>M</var><sub>☉</sub></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Radius" title="Radius">Radius</a></b></td><td>1.846<sup id="cite_ref-jones_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jones-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Solar_radius" title="Solar radius"><var>R</var><sub>☉</sub></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Luminosity" title="Luminosity">Luminosity</a></b></td><td>14.03<sup id="cite_ref-zorec_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zorec-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Solar_luminosity" title="Solar luminosity"><var>L</var><sub>☉</sub></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Surface_gravity" title="Surface gravity">Surface gravity</a> (log <i>g</i>)</b></td><td>4.25<sup id="cite_ref-david_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-david-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Centimetre%E2%80%93gram%E2%80%93second_system_of_units" title="Centimetre–gram–second system of units">cgs</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Effective_temperature" title="Effective temperature">Temperature</a></b></td><td>8,221<sup id="cite_ref-david_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-david-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kelvin" title="Kelvin">K</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Projected_rotational_velocity" class="mw-redirect" title="Projected rotational velocity">Rotational velocity</a> (<i>v</i> sin <i>i</i>)</b></td><td>228<sup id="cite_ref-zorec_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zorec-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> km/s</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align: center">Alcor B</th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Stellar_mass" title="Stellar mass">Mass</a></b></td><td>0.25<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Solar_mass" title="Solar mass"><var>M</var><sub>☉</sub></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:baseline;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/Star#Age_and_size_of_stars" title="Star">Age</a></b></td><td>0.5 ± 0.1<sup id="cite_ref-mamajek_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mamajek-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gigayear" class="mw-redirect" title="Gigayear">Gyr</a></td></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Star_catalogue" title="Star catalogue">Other designations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="width: 250px;"> <a href="/wiki/Bayer_designation" title="Bayer designation">g</a> Ursae Majoris, <a href="/wiki/Flamsteed_designation" title="Flamsteed designation">80</a> Ursae Majoris, <a href="/wiki/Bonner_Durchmusterung" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonner Durchmusterung">BD</a>+55 1603, <a href="/wiki/Catalog_of_Components_of_Double_and_Multiple_Stars" title="Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars">CCDM</a> J13240+5456D, <a href="/wiki/Boss_General_Catalogue" title="Boss General Catalogue">GC</a> 18155, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Draper_Catalogue" title="Henry Draper Catalogue">HD</a> 116842, <a href="/wiki/Hipparcos_catalogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Hipparcos catalogue">HIP</a> 65477, <a href="/wiki/Bright_Star_Catalogue" title="Bright Star Catalogue">HR</a> 5062, <a href="/wiki/PPM_Star_Catalogue" title="PPM Star Catalogue">PPM</a> 34021, <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory_Star_Catalogue" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogue">SAO</a> 28751, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Double_Star_Catalog" title="Washington Double Star Catalog">WDS</a> J13239+5456C </div></td></tr> <tr><th style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2">Database references</th></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top;"><td><b><a href="/wiki/SIMBAD" title="SIMBAD">SIMBAD</a></b></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Alcor">data</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Alcor</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɔːr/: 'ar' in 'war'">ɔːr</span></span>/</a></span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-Kunitzsch_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kunitzsch-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Binary_star" title="Binary star">binary star</a> system in the <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a>. It is the fainter companion of <a href="/wiki/Zeta_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Zeta Ursae Majoris">Mizar</a>, the two <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a> forming a <a href="/wiki/Naked_eye" title="Naked eye">naked eye</a> <a href="/wiki/Double_star" title="Double star">double</a> in the handle of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Dipper" title="Big Dipper">Big Dipper</a> (or Plough) <a href="/wiki/Asterism_(astronomy)" title="Asterism (astronomy)">asterism</a> in Ursa Major. The two lie about 83 <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a> away from the <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a>, as measured by the <i><a href="/wiki/Hipparcos" title="Hipparcos">Hipparcos</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Astrometry" title="Astrometry">astrometry</a> satellite. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alcor_(star)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alcor has the <a href="/wiki/Flamsteed_designation" title="Flamsteed designation">Flamsteed designation</a> <i>80 Ursae Majoris</i>. <i>Alcor</i> derives from <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> <span style="font-size:120%"><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الخوار</span></span></span> <span title="Arabic-language text"><i lang="ar-Latn">al-khawāri</i></span>, meaning 'faint one';<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> notable as a faintly perceptible companion of <a href="/wiki/Mizar" title="Mizar">Mizar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bohigian_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bohigian-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the <a href="/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union">International Astronomical Union</a> organized a <a href="/wiki/Working_Group_on_Star_Names" class="mw-redirect" title="Working Group on Star Names">Working Group on Star Names</a> (WGSN)<sup id="cite_ref-WGSN_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WGSN-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016<sup id="cite_ref-WGSN1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WGSN1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included <i>Alcor</i> for 80 UMa.<sup id="cite_ref-IAU-CSN_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAU-CSN-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mizar_and_Alcor">Mizar and Alcor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alcor_(star)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mizar and Alcor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mizar_and_Alcor" title="Mizar and Alcor">Mizar and Alcor</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dipper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Dipper.jpg/220px-Dipper.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Dipper.jpg/330px-Dipper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Dipper.jpg/440px-Dipper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="398" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mizar_and_Alcor" title="Mizar and Alcor">Mizar and Alcor</a> in constellation <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>With normal eyesight Alcor appears at about 12 <a href="/wiki/Minutes_of_arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Minutes of arc">minutes of arc</a> from the second-magnitude star Mizar. Alcor is of magnitude 3.99 and <a href="/wiki/Spectral_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectral class">spectral class</a> A5V. </p><p>Mizar's and Alcor's <a href="/wiki/Proper_motion" title="Proper motion">proper motions</a> show they move together, along with most of the other stars of the Big Dipper except <a href="/wiki/Dubhe" title="Dubhe">Dubhe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alkaid" title="Alkaid">Alkaid</a>, as members of the <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major_Moving_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ursa Major Moving Group">Ursa Major Moving Group</a>, a mostly dispersed group of stars sharing a common birth. However, it has yet to be demonstrated conclusively that they are gravitationally bound. Recent studies indicate that Alcor and Mizar are somewhat closer together than previously thought: approximately 74,000 ± 39,000 <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">AU</a>, or 0.5–1.5 light-years. The uncertainty is due to our uncertainty about the exact distances from us. If they are exactly the same distance from us (somewhat unlikely) then the distance between them is only 17,800 AU (0.281 light-years).<sup id="cite_ref-mamajek_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mamajek-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alcor_B">Alcor B</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alcor_(star)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Alcor B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BigdipISS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BigdipISS.jpg/220px-BigdipISS.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BigdipISS.jpg/330px-BigdipISS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BigdipISS.jpg/440px-BigdipISS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1313" /></a><figcaption>The Big Dipper's bowl and part of the handle photographed from the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>. Mizar and Alcor are at the upper right.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2009, Alcor was discovered to have a companion star Alcor B, a magnitude 8.8 <a href="/wiki/Red_dwarf" title="Red dwarf">red dwarf</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-space.com_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-space.com-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alcor B was discovered independently by two groups. One group led by Eric Mamajek (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Rochester" title="University of Rochester">University of Rochester</a>) and colleagues at <a href="/wiki/Steward_Observatory" title="Steward Observatory">Steward Observatory</a> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Arizona" title="University of Arizona">University of Arizona</a> used <a href="/wiki/Adaptive_optics" title="Adaptive optics">adaptive optics</a> on the 6.5-meter telescope at <a href="/wiki/MMT_Observatory" title="MMT Observatory">MMT Observatory</a>. Another led by Neil Zimmerman, a graduate student at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> and member of <a href="/wiki/Project_1640" title="Project 1640">Project 1640</a>, an international collaborative team that includes astrophysicists at the <a href="/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="American Museum of Natural History">American Museum of Natural History</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>'s Institute of Astronomy, the <a href="/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology" title="California Institute of Technology">California Institute of Technology</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory" title="Jet Propulsion Laboratory">Jet Propulsion Laboratory</a>, used the 5-meter <a href="/wiki/Hale_Telescope" title="Hale Telescope">Hale Telescope</a> at <a href="/wiki/Palomar_Observatory" title="Palomar Observatory">Palomar Observatory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alcor B is one <a href="/wiki/Second_of_arc" class="mw-redirect" title="Second of arc">second of arc</a> away from Alcor A.<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Spectral_type" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectral type">spectral type</a> is M3-4 and it is a <a href="/wiki/Main-sequence_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Main-sequence star">main-sequence star</a>, a red dwarf. </p><p>Alcor A and B are situated 1.2 light-years away from, and are co-moving with, the Mizar quadruple system, making the system the second-closest stellar sextuplet—only <a href="/wiki/Castor_(star)" title="Castor (star)">Castor</a> is closer.<sup id="cite_ref-usatoday_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usatoday-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mizar–Alcor stellar sextuple system belongs to the <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major_Moving_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ursa Major Moving Group">Ursa Major Moving Group</a>, a stellar group of stars of similar ages and velocities,<sup id="cite_ref-mamajek_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mamajek-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the closest cluster-like object to Earth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_names">Other names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alcor_(star)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Arabic, Alcor is also known as Al-Sahja (the rhythmical form of the usual al-Suhā) meaning "forgotten", "lost", or "neglected".<sup id="cite_ref-startales_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-startales-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In traditional <a href="/wiki/Indian_astronomy" title="Indian astronomy">Indian astronomy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ref65zigip_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref65zigip-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alcor was known as <a href="/wiki/Arundhati_(Hinduism)" title="Arundhati (Hinduism)">Arundhati</a>, wife of one of the <a href="/wiki/Saptarishi" class="mw-redirect" title="Saptarishi">Saptarishi</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Mi%EA%9E%8Ckmaq" class="mw-redirect" title="Miꞌkmaq">Miꞌkmaq</a> myth of the great bear and the seven hunters,<sup id="cite_ref-micmac_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-micmac-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mizar is Chickadee and Alcor is his cooking pot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_namesakes">Military namesakes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alcor_(star)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Military namesakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/USS_Alcor_(AD-34)" title="USS Alcor (AD-34)">USS <i>Alcor</i> (AD-34)</a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Alcor_(AK-259)" title="USS Alcor (AK-259)">USS <i>Alcor</i> (AK-259)</a> are both United States Navy ships. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alcor_(star)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Sigma1 Ursae Majoris">σ<sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma2_Ursae_Majoris" title="Sigma2 Ursae Majoris">σ<sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tau_Ursae_Majoris" title="Tau Ursae Majoris">τ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upsilon_Ursae_Majoris" title="Upsilon Ursae Majoris">υ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phi_Ursae_Majoris" title="Phi Ursae Majoris">φ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chi_Ursae_Majoris" title="Chi Ursae Majoris">χ (Taiyangshou)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psi_Ursae_Majoris" title="Psi Ursae Majoris">ψ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omega_Ursae_Majoris" title="Omega Ursae Majoris">ω</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Flamsteed_designation" title="Flamsteed designation">Flamsteed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2_Ursae_Majoris" title="2 Ursae Majoris">2 (A)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="5 Ursae Majoris">5 (b)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="6 Ursae Majoris">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15_Ursae_Majoris" title="15 Ursae Majoris">15 (f)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_Ursae_Majoris" title="C Ursae Majoris">16 (c)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="17 Ursae Majoris">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18_Ursae_Majoris" title="18 Ursae Majoris">18 (e)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="19 Ursae Majoris">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="20 Ursae Majoris">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="21 Ursae Majoris">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="22 Ursae Majoris">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23_Ursae_Majoris" title="23 Ursae Majoris">23 (h)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24_Ursae_Majoris" title="24 Ursae Majoris">24 (d)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26_Ursae_Majoris" title="26 Ursae Majoris">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="27 Ursae Majoris">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="28 Ursae Majoris">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="31 Ursae Majoris">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="32 Ursae Majoris">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="35 Ursae Majoris">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36_Ursae_Majoris" title="36 Ursae Majoris">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="37 Ursae Majoris">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="38 Ursae Majoris">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="39 Ursae Majoris">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="40 Ursae Majoris">40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="41 Ursae Majoris">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="42 Ursae Majoris">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="43 Ursae Majoris">43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="44 Ursae Majoris">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="46 Ursae Majoris">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47_Ursae_Majoris" title="47 Ursae Majoris">47 (Chalawan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="49 Ursae Majoris">49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="51 Ursae Majoris">51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55_Ursae_Majoris" title="55 Ursae Majoris">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56_Ursae_Majoris" title="56 Ursae Majoris">56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="57 Ursae Majoris">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="58 Ursae Majoris">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="59 Ursae Majoris">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="60 Ursae Majoris">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61_Ursae_Majoris" title="61 Ursae Majoris">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="62 Ursae Majoris">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65_Ursae_Majoris" title="65 Ursae Majoris">65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="66 Ursae Majoris">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="67 Ursae Majoris">67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="68 Ursae Majoris">68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="70 Ursae Majoris">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="71 Ursae Majoris">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="72 Ursae Majoris">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="73 Ursae Majoris">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="74 Ursae Majoris">74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="75 Ursae Majoris">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="76 Ursae Majoris">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78_Ursae_Majoris" title="78 Ursae Majoris">78</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">80 (Alcor)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="81 Ursae Majoris">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="82 Ursae Majoris">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83_Ursae_Majoris" title="83 Ursae Majoris">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84_Ursae_Majoris" title="84 Ursae Majoris">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="86 Ursae Majoris">86</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/55_Camelopardalis" class="mw-redirect" title="55 Camelopardalis">55 Cam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/56_Camelopardalis" class="mw-redirect" title="56 Camelopardalis">56 Cam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/57_Camelopardalis" class="mw-redirect" title="57 Camelopardalis">57 Cam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1_Canum_Venaticorum" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Canum Venaticorum">1 CVn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/14_Leonis_Minoris" class="mw-redirect" title="14 Leonis Minoris">14 LMi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/15_Leonis_Minoris" title="15 Leonis Minoris">15 LMi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/25_Leonis_Minoris" class="mw-redirect" title="25 Leonis Minoris">25 LMi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/47_Leonis_Minoris" class="mw-redirect" title="47 Leonis Minoris">47 LMi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/37_Lyncis" class="mw-redirect" title="37 Lyncis">37 Lyn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/39_Lyncis" class="mw-redirect" title="39 Lyncis">39 Lyn</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41_Lyncis" title="41 Lyncis"><i>41 Lyn</i> (Intercrus)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Variable_star_designation" class="mw-redirect" title="Variable star designation">Variable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="R Ursae Majoris">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="T Ursae Majoris">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="U Ursae Majoris">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_Ursae_Majoris" title="W Ursae Majoris">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Z Ursae Majoris">Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RV_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="RV Ursae Majoris">RV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ST_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="ST Ursae Majoris">ST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SU_Ursae_Majoris" title="SU Ursae Majoris">SU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SW_Ursae_Majoris" title="SW Ursae Majoris">SW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SX_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="SX Ursae Majoris">SX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TU_Ursae_Majoris" title="TU Ursae Majoris">TU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TX_Ursae_Majoris" title="TX Ursae Majoris">TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TY_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="TY Ursae Majoris">TY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UX_Ursae_Majoris" title="UX Ursae Majoris">UX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UY_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="UY Ursae Majoris">UY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VV_Ursae_Majoris" title="VV Ursae Majoris">VV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VX_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="VX Ursae Majoris">VX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VY_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="VY Ursae Majoris">VY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XY_Ursae_Majoris" title="XY Ursae Majoris">XY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZZ_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="ZZ Ursae Majoris">ZZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AA_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="AA Ursae Majoris">AA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AB_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="AB Ursae Majoris">AB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AE_Ursae_Majoris" title="AE Ursae Majoris">AE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AN_Ursae_Majoris" title="AN Ursae Majoris">AN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AR_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="AR Ursae Majoris">AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AW_Ursae_Majoris" title="AW Ursae Majoris">AW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BC_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="BC Ursae Majoris">BC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BE_Ursae_Majoris" title="BE Ursae Majoris">BE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BM_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="BM Ursae Majoris">BM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BZ_Ursae_Majoris" title="BZ Ursae Majoris">BZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CG_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="CG Ursae Majoris">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CH_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="CH Ursae Majoris">CH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CO_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="CO Ursae Majoris">CO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CQ_Ursae_Majoris" title="CQ Ursae Majoris">CQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CY_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="CY Ursae Majoris">CY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_77234" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 77234">DH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DI_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="DI Ursae Majoris">DI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DM_Ursae_Majoris" title="DM Ursae Majoris">DM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DV_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="DV Ursae Majoris">DV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DW_Ursae_Majoris" title="DW Ursae Majoris">DW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EE_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EE Ursae Majoris">EE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EG_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EG Ursae Majoris">EG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EI_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EI Ursae Majoris">EI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EK_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EK Ursae Majoris">EK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EN_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EN Ursae Majoris">EN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EP_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EP Ursae Majoris">EP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ER_Ursae_Majoris" title="ER Ursae Majoris">ER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HR_4072" title="HR 4072">ET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EU_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EU Ursae Majoris">EU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EV_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EV Ursae Majoris">EV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EZ_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="EZ Ursae Majoris">EZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IY_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="IY Ursae Majoris">IY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KS_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="KS Ursae Majoris">KS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Bright_Star_Catalogue" title="Bright Star Catalogue">HR</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_85945" title="HD 85945">3922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_89744" title="HD 89744">4067</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_90508" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 90508">4098</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_91312" title="HD 91312">4132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_111456" title="HD 111456">4867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_119124" title="HD 119124">5148</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Draper_Catalogue" title="Henry Draper Catalogue">HD</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_68988" title="HD 68988">68988 (Násti)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_74389" title="HD 74389">74389</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_80606_and_HD_80607" title="HD 80606 and HD 80607">80606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_80606_and_HD_80607" title="HD 80606 and HD 80607">80607</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_84406" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 84406">84406</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_98618" title="HD 98618">98618</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_99706" title="HD 99706">99706</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_118203" title="HD 118203">118203 (Liesma)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_233731" title="HD 233731">233731</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADS_7251" title="ADS 7251">ADS 7251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feige_55" title="Feige 55">Feige 55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_196-3" title="G 196-3">G 196-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_338" class="mw-redirect" title="Gliese 338">Gliese 338</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_412" title="Gliese 412">Gliese 412</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_414" title="Gliese 414">Gliese 414</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GJ_3512" title="GJ 3512">GJ 3512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groombridge_1618" title="Groombridge 1618">Groombridge 1618</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groombridge_1830" title="Groombridge 1830">Groombridge 1830</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAT-P-3" title="HAT-P-3">HAT-P-3 (Dombay)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAT-P-13" title="HAT-P-13">HAT-P-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAT-P-21" title="HAT-P-21">HAT-P-21 (Mazaalai)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_57050" title="HIP 57050">HIP 57050</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_57274" title="HIP 57274">HIP 57274</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1SWASP_J093010.78%2B533859.5" title="1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5">1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELT-24" title="KELT-24">KELT-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalande_21185" title="Lalande 21185">Lalande 21185</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M82_X-1" title="M82 X-1">M82 X-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M82_X-2" title="M82 X-2">M82 X-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar-8" title="Qatar-8">Qatar-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidus_Ludoviciana" title="Sidus Ludoviciana">Sidus Ludoviciana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SN_H0pe" title="SN H0pe">SN H0pe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UGC_5497" title="UGC 5497">UGC 5497</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/US_708" title="US 708">US 708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winnecke_4" title="Winnecke 4">Winnecke 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WISE_1405%2B5534" title="WISE 1405+5534">WISE 1405+5534</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XTE_J1118%2B480" title="XTE J1118+480">XTE J1118+480</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Exoplanets" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Exoplanet" title="Exoplanet">Exoplanets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/47_Ursae_Majoris_b" title="47 Ursae Majoris b">47 Ursae Majoris b (Taphao Thong)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47_Ursae_Majoris_c" title="47 Ursae Majoris c">c (Taphao Kaew)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47_Ursae_Majoris_d" title="47 Ursae Majoris d">d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omicron_Ursae_Majoris_b" class="mw-redirect" title="Omicron Ursae Majoris b">ο Ursae Majoris b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41_Lyncis_b" title="41 Lyncis b">41 Lyncis b (Arkas)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_414_Ab" title="Gliese 414 Ab">Gliese 414 Ab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_414_Ac" title="Gliese 414 Ac">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAT-P-3b" title="HAT-P-3b">HAT-P-3b (Teberda)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_80606_b" title="HD 80606 b">HD 80606 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_89744_b" title="HD 89744 b">HD 89744 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELT-24b" class="mw-redirect" title="KELT-24b">KELT-24b</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Nebulae" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">Nebulae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Owl_Nebula" title="Owl Nebula">Owl Nebula</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:55px"><a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">Galaxies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Messier_object" title="Messier object">Messier</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Messier_81" title="Messier 81">81 (Bode's Galaxy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_82" title="Messier 82">82 (Cigar Galaxy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinwheel_Galaxy" title="Pinwheel Galaxy">101 (Pinwheel Galaxy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_108" title="Messier 108">108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messier_109" title="Messier 109">109</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">NGC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2603" title="NGC 2603">2603</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2606" title="NGC 2606">2606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2681" title="NGC 2681">2681</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2685" title="NGC 2685">2685</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2688" title="NGC 2688">2688</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2768" title="NGC 2768">2768</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2787" title="NGC 2787">2787</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2800" title="NGC 2800">2800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2805" title="NGC 2805">2805</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2814" title="NGC 2814">2814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2841" title="NGC 2841">2841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2857" title="NGC 2857">2857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2950" title="NGC 2950">2950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2959" title="NGC 2959">2959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2976" title="NGC 2976">2976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2985" title="NGC 2985">2985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_2998" title="NGC 2998">2998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3005" title="NGC 3005">3005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3006" title="NGC 3006">3006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3008" title="NGC 3008">3008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3009" title="NGC 3009">3009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3073" title="NGC 3073">3073</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3077" title="NGC 3077">3077</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3079" title="NGC 3079">3079</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3184" title="NGC 3184">3184</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3191" title="NGC 3191">3191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3198" title="NGC 3198">3198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3206" title="NGC 3206">3206</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3259" title="NGC 3259">3259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3310" title="NGC 3310">3310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3319" title="NGC 3319">3319</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3353" title="NGC 3353">3353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3359" title="NGC 3359">3359</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3435" title="NGC 3435">3435</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3445" title="NGC 3445">3445</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3448" title="NGC 3448">3448</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3516" title="NGC 3516">3516</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3539" title="NGC 3539">3539</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3545B" title="NGC 3545B">3545B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3550" title="NGC 3550">3550</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3552" title="NGC 3552">3552</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3553" title="NGC 3553">3553</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3554" title="NGC 3554">3554</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3558" title="NGC 3558">3358</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3561" title="NGC 3561">3561</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3583" title="NGC 3583">3583</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3610" title="NGC 3610">3610</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3613" title="NGC 3613">3613</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3619" title="NGC 3619">3619</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3631" title="NGC 3631">3631</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3642" title="NGC 3642">3642</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3656" title="NGC 3656">3656</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3665" title="NGC 3665">3665</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3669" title="NGC 3669">3669</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3675" title="NGC 3675">3675</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3690" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 3690">3690</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3718" title="NGC 3718">3718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3726" title="NGC 3726">3726</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3729" title="NGC 3729">3729</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3738" title="NGC 3738">3738</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3741" title="NGC 3741">3741</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3786" title="NGC 3786">3786</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3794" title="NGC 3794">3794</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3877" title="NGC 3877">3877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3893" title="NGC 3893">3893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3898" title="NGC 3898">3898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3921" title="NGC 3921">3921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3928" title="NGC 3928">3928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3938" title="NGC 3938">3938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3941" title="NGC 3941">3941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3945" title="NGC 3945">3945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3949" title="NGC 3949">3949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3953" title="NGC 3953">3953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3972" title="NGC 3972">3972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3982" title="NGC 3982">3982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3985" title="NGC 3985">3985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3994" title="NGC 3994">3994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3995" title="NGC 3995">3995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_3998" title="NGC 3998">3998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4013" title="NGC 4013">4013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4026" title="NGC 4026">4026</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4036" title="NGC 4036">4036</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4041" title="NGC 4041">4041</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4051" title="NGC 4051">4051</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4088" title="NGC 4088">4088</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4096" title="NGC 4096">4096</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4100" title="NGC 4100">4100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4102" title="NGC 4102">4102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4144" title="NGC 4144">4144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4157" title="NGC 4157">4157</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4194" title="NGC 4194">4194</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4500" title="NGC 4500">4500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_4605" title="NGC 4605">4605</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5001" title="NGC 5001">5001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5164" title="NGC 5164">5164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5201" title="NGC 5201">5201</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5204" title="NGC 5204">5204</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5256" title="NGC 5256">5256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5278" title="NGC 5278">5278</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5279" title="NGC 5279">5279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5308" title="NGC 5308">5308</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5322" title="NGC 5322">5322</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5422" title="NGC 5422">5422</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5473" title="NGC 5473">5473</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5474" title="NGC 5474">5474</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5477" title="NGC 5477">5477</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5486" title="NGC 5486">5486</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5502" title="NGC 5502">5502</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_5585" title="NGC 5585">5585</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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