Ursa Minor

Abbreviation: UMi
Genitive: Ursae Minoris
Right Ascension: 14.78 hours
Declination: 74.36 degrees

Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, is visible in the Northern Hemisphere all year long.

Ursa Minor is mostly known for Polaris, the North Star which may be found at the end of the asterism, the Little Dipper. Ursa Minor does not have any mythology attached to it, it was creeated in the 6th century B.C. as a navigational aid for sailors out of a long forgotten constellation called the Dragon's wing.

Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
POLARIS	2.00:31.00:48.70	+89.00:15.00:50.72	2.02
KOCHAB	14.00:50.00:42.34	+74.00:9.00:19.78	2.08
PHERKAD	15.00:20.00:43.71	+71.00:50.00:2.49	3.05
EPS UMI	16.00:45.00:58.14	+82.00:2.00:14.22	4.23
ZET UMI	15.00:44.00:3.50	+77.00:47.00:40.11	4.32
DEL UMI	17.00:32.00:12.87	+86.00:35.00:11.32	4.36
4 UMI	14.00:8.00:50.90	+77.00:32.00:50.98	4.82
ETA UMI	16.00:17.00:30.32	+75.00:45.00:18.94	4.95
19 UMI	16.00:10.00:49.53	+75.00:52.00:39.15	5.48
LAM UMI	17.00:16.00:56.83	+89.00:2.00:15.66	6.38

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.

Object	R.A.	Dec.	Object Type 3	Mag.	Uranometria	Tirion

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

GCVS ID	R.A. (hh mm ss.ss)	Dec. (deg mm ss)	Variable Type 4	Mag. Min	Mag. Max
RR UMi	14.00:56.00:46.80	+66.00:7.00:52.00	SRB	4.73	4.53
alf UMi	1.00:48.00:48.80	+89.00:1.00:44.00	DCEPS	2.13	1.86
gam UMi	15.00:20.00:47.30	+72.00:0.00:43.00	DSCTC	0.05	3.04
eps UMi	16.00:51.00:0.90	+82.00:7.00:22.00	EA/D/RS	4.23	4.19

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria
STF 1972	15 29.4	80 26	6.9, 7.8	31.30	80	2	11