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Merak
Loren Gallimore
Information about Merak 
Merak’s name means flank of the Great
Bear
 This star is located in the bottom right
corner of the Big Dipper constellation
 It is a White Main Sequence star and it’s
sixty-two light years away!
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THE HISTORY ABOUT MERAK
Another name for Merak is Tien Seunen. This name actually came
from the Chinese.
 To the Greeks, this star was named Helike, one of their names to the
whole constellation, Ursa Major.
 According to Burnham, Merak is part of a star cluster including at
least 16 other stars from the Ursa Major area of the sky.
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 Merak
is located in the bottom right hand
corner of the Big Dipper.
 You can find this star all year round in the Northern
Hemisphere.
 And the star is in the constellation Ursa Major.
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Although it doesn’t seem like it, Merak is fifty
times brighter than our sun!!! =D
Magnitude
 There’s two types of magnitude; absolute and
apparent.
 For Merak, it’s absolute magnitude is 0.41
 And for the apparent magnitude it is 2.34
Temperature
 Merak’s surface temperature is about nine thousand
Kelvin
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The constellation Ursa Major contains the star
Merak and many more.
These stars include: Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth,
Megrez, Dubhe, and Phecda.
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Merak may seem like just another star in the
sky, but a little bit of research can get you A
LOT of information.
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By: Loren Gallimore