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Trevor Lee
DUBHE
Facts about Dubhe
 Dubhe is a pointer star because it point
toward the North star. (“All Star Line Up”)
 It is also an orange giant. (“All Star Line Up”)
 It is 100 times brighter than the sun. (“All Star
Line Up”)
Wikipedia says,
 Dubhe is the official state of Utah.
 It was also the name of ship in the United
States navy.
 It is located in the Ursae Majoris
 It is 123 light years away from earth.
 The traditional name comes from the Arabic
for Bear. (“wikipedia”)
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 Dubhe is about 4,500 k temperature.
 The spectrum of Dubhe indicates that it has
itself a near companion that’s in a 6.4 day
orbit. (“Dome of the sky”)
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 Dubhe is also located in the Big Dipper.
 It begins the dipper as it reaches over the
horizon.
Interesting Facts About
Dubhe
 It is part of the third largest constelations in
the night sky.
 On January 22,1996 the star dubhe was
named the state centennial star because the
light emitted from the star takes 100 years to
reach us, of course, 1996 was Utah’s
centennial. (shgresources.com)
 It is also one of the seven brightest stars.
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 In Roughly fifty thousand years the big dipper
will no longer be visible in its current shape.
All of the stars except for Dubhe and Alkaid
are part of the Ursa Major Moving Group
 The Iroquois which is a native tribe believed
that Ursa Major worked magic.
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 An animation of a stars formation