Ursa Minor is a northern constellation that contains the Little Dipper asterism. It marks the location of the north celestial pole, as its brightest star Polaris is very close to the pole. Ursa Minor is the 56th largest constellation and belongs to a family of constellations associated with Ursa Major, the Great Bear. It has been catalogued since the 2nd century and can be seen at latitudes between 90 degrees north and 10 degrees south.
Ursa Minor is a northern constellation that contains the Little Dipper asterism. It marks the location of the north celestial pole, as its brightest star Polaris is very close to the pole. Ursa Minor is the 56th largest constellation and belongs to a family of constellations associated with Ursa Major, the Great Bear. It has been catalogued since the 2nd century and can be seen at latitudes between 90 degrees north and 10 degrees south.
Ursa Minor is a northern constellation that contains the Little Dipper asterism. It marks the location of the north celestial pole, as its brightest star Polaris is very close to the pole. Ursa Minor is the 56th largest constellation and belongs to a family of constellations associated with Ursa Major, the Great Bear. It has been catalogued since the 2nd century and can be seen at latitudes between 90 degrees north and 10 degrees south.
Ursa Minor is a northern constellation that contains the Little Dipper asterism. It marks the location of the north celestial pole, as its brightest star Polaris is very close to the pole. Ursa Minor is the 56th largest constellation and belongs to a family of constellations associated with Ursa Major, the Great Bear. It has been catalogued since the 2nd century and can be seen at latitudes between 90 degrees north and 10 degrees south.
UrZA major Ursa Minor constellation lies in the northern sky. The constellation’s name means “the smaller bear,” or “the lesser bear,” in Latin.
The Great Bear constellation is represented by its larger
neighbor Ursa Major. Ursa Minor was first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. It is easy to recognize because it contains the famous Little Dipper asterism. Ursa Minor is also notable for marking the location of the north celestial pole, as it is home to Polaris, the North Star, which is located at the end of the dipper’s handl
Ursa Minor is the 56th constellation in size, occupying
an area of 256 square degrees. It is located in the third quadrant of the northern hemisphere (NQ3) and can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -10°.
Ursa Minor belongs to the Ursa Major family of
constellations, along with Coma Berenices, Boötes, Camelopardalis, Canes Venatici, Corona Borealis, Draco, Leo Minor, Lynx, and Ursa Major.
Polaris, the closest bright star to the north celestial pole
since the High Middle Ages, is the brightest star in Ursa Minor. It has an apparent magnitude of 1.985 and belongs to the spectral class F7:Ib-II. The star is approximately 434 light years distant from Earth.