Mizar is a second-magnitude star in the handle of the Big Dipper asterism, in the constellation Ursa Major, carrying the Bayer designation Zeta Ursae Majoris. It forms a well-known naked-eye double star with the fainter star Alcor and is itself a quadruple star system, with the whole grouping lying about 83 light-years from the Sun and belonging to the Ursa Major Moving Group of stars that share a common origin and motion through space.
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Constellation In the Other Atlases
In Constellation
Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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Mizar, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Mizar is a second-magnitude star in the handle of the Big Dipper asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major.
Mizar, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
Mizar is a second-magnitude star in the handle of the Big Dipper asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major.
In Group: Triple and Higher-Order Star Systems, Lead: kind of object
is itself a quadruple star system
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