Gamma Ursae Majoris

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name=γ Ursae Majoris Starbox observe
epoch=J2000
constell=Ursa Major
ra=11^h 53^m 49.8^s
dec=+53° 41' 41"
appmag_v=+2.41 Starbox character
class = A0Ve SB
b-v = 0.00
u-b = 0.02
variable = ? Starbox astrometry
radial_v = −13
prop_mo_ra = 107.8
prop_mo_dec = 11.16
parallax = 38.99
p_error = 0.68
absmag_v = +0.36 Starbox detail |YOU NEED MORE INFO
mass = 2.7
radius = 3
luminosity = 72
temperature = 9500
metal = ?
age = ?
rotation = ? Starbox catalog
names=Phad, Phecda, Phekda, Phegda, Phekha, Phacd, Fekda, 64 Ursae Majoris, HR 4554, HD 103287, BD+54 1475, FK5 447, HIP 58001, SAO 28179, GC 16268

Gamma Ursae Majoris (γ UMa / γ Ursae Majoris) is a star in the constellation Ursa Major. It also has the traditional names Phecda, Phekda or Phad and comes from the Arabic word فخذ "fakhdh" [faxð] , "thigh" (of the Great Bear).

It is more familiar to most observers in the northern hemisphere as the lower-left star forming the bowl of the Big Dipper, together with Dubhe (upper-right), Merak (lower-right) and Megrez (upper-left). Along with four other stars in this well-known asterism, Phecda forms an actual loose, open cluster of stars known as the Ursa Major moving group. Like the other stars in the cluster, it is an average main sequence star not unlike our Sun, although somewhat hotter, brighter and larger.

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