![]() The primary star, Polaris Aa, is a yellow supergiant located at around 433 light-years away from Earth. The star system has an apparent magnitude of 1.98. Polaris, designated as Alpha Ursae Minoris, is a triple star system, and currently, it is our North Star or Pole Star, being the closest star to the north celestial pole. In order to view the whole asterism, one needs good viewing conditions and very dark skies since the four stars lying between Polaris, Pherkad, and Kochab, are relatively dim. The distance from the Big Dipper to Polaris is around five times the distance between Merak and Dubhe, the pointer stars. The stars Merak and Dubhe, two bright stars at the end of the Big Dipper’s bowl, point the way to Polaris, and thus the Little Dipper.īy following a line extended from these two stars upwards, out of the celestial bowl, one will find Polaris, the next bright star along the line. The Little Dipper can be found after locating the Big Dipper. ![]() Ursa Minor belongs to the Ursa Major family of constellations, along with Coma Berenices, Bootes, Camelopardalis, Canes Venatici, Corona Borealis, Draco, Leo Minor, Lynx, and Ursa Major. The neighboring constellations around Ursa Minor are Camelopardalis, Cepheus, and Draco.
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