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{{short description|Binary star in the constellation Ursa Major}}
{{short description|Binary star in the constellation Ursa Major}}
{{Starbox begin
{{Starbox begin
| name=α Ursae Majoris
| name=Dubhe
}}
}}
{{Starbox image
{{Starbox image
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|image=Ursa Major constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280
|image=Ursa Major constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=280
|label=|position=right
|label=|position=right
|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=12|mark_link=Alpha Ursae majoris|x=555|y=343
|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=12|mark_link=α UMa|x=555|y=343
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| caption = Location of α Ursae Majoris (circled)
| caption = Location of Dubhe (circled)
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{{Starbox observe
{{Starbox observe
| epoch = J2000
| epoch = J2000
| equinox = J2000
| ra = {{RA|11|03|43.67152}}<ref name=aaa474_2_653/>
| ra = {{RA|11|03|43.67152}}<ref name=aaa474_2_653/>
| dec = {{DEC|+61|45|03.7249}}<ref name=aaa474_2_653/>
| dec = {{DEC|+61|45|03.7249}}<ref name=aaa474_2_653/>
| appmag_v = 1.79<ref name=clpl4_99/>
| appmag_v = 1.79<ref name=clpl4_99/> (1.87 + 4.85)<ref name=Gray2018/>
| constell = [[Ursa Major]]
| constell = [[Ursa Major]]
| pronounce = {{IPAc-en|'|d|V|b|iː}}
}}
}}
{{Starbox character
{{Starbox character
| class = K0III<ref name=guenther/> + F0V<ref name=msc/>
| class = K0III<ref name=guenther/> + A5V<ref name=Gray2018/>
| b-v = +1.07<ref name=clpl4_99/>
| b-v = +1.07<ref name=clpl4_99/>
| u-b = +0.93<ref name=clpl4_99/>
| u-b = +0.93<ref name=clpl4_99/>
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{{Starbox detail
{{Starbox detail
| component1 = α UMa A
| component1 = α UMa A
| source = <ref name=Baines_et_al_2017/>
| mass = {{val|3.7|0.4}}<ref name=Gray2018/>
| mass = {{val|3.44|0.11}}
| radius = 26.85<ref name="gray2019"/>
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| luminosity = 339<ref name="Luck2015"/>
| radius = {{val|17.03|0.13}}
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| temperature = 4,650<ref name=Gray2018/>
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| luminosity = {{val|165.1|8.3}}
| gravity = 2.22<ref name=Gray2018/>
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| temperature = {{val|5012|65|fmt=commas}}
| gravity = 2.20
| metal_fe = –0.15<ref name=Gray2018/>
| metal_fe = {{val|−0.20|0.07}}<ref name=ajss74_1075/>
| rotational_velocity = {{val|2.63|0.15}}<ref name=Gray2018/>
| rotational_velocity = {{val|2.6|1.0}}<ref name=aj135_3_892/>
| rotation = <1.35<ref name=Gray2018/> [[year]]s
| age_myr = {{val|280|30}}
| age_myr = {{val|280|30}}<ref name=Baines_et_al_2017/>
| component2 = α UMa B
| component2 = α UMa B
| mass2 = ~1.6<ref name=guenther/>
| mass2 = {{val|2.5|0.4}}<ref name=Gray2018/>
}}
}}
{{Starbox catalog
{{Starbox catalog
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{{Starbox end}}
{{Starbox end}}


'''Alpha Ursae Majoris''', [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] from '''α&nbsp;Ursae Majoris''', formally named '''Dubhe''' {{IPAc-en|'|d|V|b|iː}},<ref name=Kunitzsch/><ref name="IAU-CSN">{{cite web | url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt | title=IAU Catalog of Star Names |access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> is, despite being designated "α" ([[alpha]]), the second-brightest object in the northern [[constellation]] of [[Ursa Major]]. This prominent [[Asterism (astronomy)|asterism]] is known as the [[Big Dipper]], the Plough, and the Great Bear. Alpha Ursae Majoris is the northern of the 'pointers' (or 'guards'), the second being [[Beta Ursae Majoris]], or 'Merak' – this pair of stars point towards [[Polaris]], the North Star.<ref name=Streicher2009/>
'''Dubhe''' is a [[multiple star system]] in the northern [[constellation]] of [[Ursa Major]]. It is formally designated '''Alpha Ursae Majoris''', [[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] from '''α&nbsp;Ursae Majoris''',<ref name=Kunitzsch/><ref name="IAU-CSN">{{cite web | url=http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~emamajek/WGSN/IAU-CSN.txt | title=IAU Catalog of Star Names |access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> Despite being designated "α" ([[alpha]]), it is the second-brightest object in the constellation. Alpha Ursae Majoris is the northern of the 'pointers' (or 'guards'), the second being [[Beta Ursae Majoris]], or 'Merak' – this pair of stars point towards [[Polaris]], the North Star.<ref name=Streicher2009/> α&nbsp;Ursae Majoris is located at a distance of approximately 123&nbsp;[[light year]]s from the [[Sun]], based on [[stellar parallax|parallax]] measurements.


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Although it is part of the constellation of Ursa Major, it is not part of the [[Ursa Major Moving Group]] of stars that have a common motion through space.<ref name="motz">{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/constellations00motz/page/39 39]|title=The Constellations: An Enthusiast's Guide To The Night Sky|last1=Motz|first1=Lloyd|last2=Nathanson|first2=Carol|publisher=Doubleday|year=1988|isbn=978-0385176002|author-link=Lloyd Motz|url=https://archive.org/details/constellations00motz/page/39}}</ref>
==Stellar system==

==Components==
[[File:Dubhe A & B.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Dubhe A & B|α Ursae Majoris A and faint companion binaries]]
[[File:Dubhe A & B.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Dubhe A & B|α Ursae Majoris A and faint companion binaries]]


α&nbsp;Ursae Majoris is located at a distance of approximately 123&nbsp;[[light year]]s from the [[Sun]], based on [[stellar parallax|parallax]] measurements. It is a [[spectroscopic binary]] made up of the stars designated ''α Ursae Majoris A'' and ''α Ursae Majoris B''. The pair orbit at a separation of about 23<ref name="msc"/> [[astronomical unit]]s (AU) with a [[orbital period|period]] of 44.5 years and an [[orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] (ovalness) of 0.44.<ref name=Gray2018/> There is another spectroscopic binary at an [[angular separation]] of 8 arcminutes, forming a 7th magnitude pair showing an F8 spectral type. It is sometimes referred to as Alpha Ursae Majoris C, but is separately catalogued as HD 95638.<ref name="msc" />
This is a [[spectroscopic binary]] made up of the stars designated ''α Ursae Majoris A'' and ''α Ursae Majoris B''. The pair orbit at a separation of about 23<ref name="msc"/> [[astronomical unit]]s (AU) with a [[orbital period|period]] of 44.5 years and an [[orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] (ovalness) of 0.44.<ref name=Gray2018/> There is another spectroscopic binary at an [[angular separation]] of 7.1&nbsp;arcminutes, forming a 7th magnitude pair showing an F8 spectral type with an orbital period of 6.035&nbsp;days and an eccentricity of 0.09. It is sometimes referred to as Alpha Ursae Majoris C, but is separately catalogued as HD 95638.<ref name="msc" /> Together they form a quadruple star system.<ref name=Eggleton_Tokovinin_2008/>
[[File:Updated Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.jpg|left|thumb|255x255px|A [[Hertzsprung–Russell diagram]] showing the position of Dubhe on the [[red-giant branch]]]]

Component A is the system's primary, and it is a [[giant star]] that has [[stellar evolution|evolved]] away from the [[main sequence]] after consuming the hydrogen at its core. It is 280 million years old with 3.4 times the mass and has expanded 17 times the radius of the Sun. The star is radiating 165 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged [[photosphere]] at an [[effective temperature]] of 5,012&nbsp;K.<ref name=Baines_et_al_2017/> The secondary star, component B, is a [[main sequence]] star that has a [[stellar classification]] of F0V. α&nbsp;Ursae Majoris has been reported to vary in brightness by about a thousandth of a magnitude. Ten radial oscillation modes have been detected, with periods between 6.4 hours and 6.4 days.<ref name="buzasi"/>
Component A is the system's primary, and it has a [[stellar classification]] of K0III.<ref name=guenther/> This is a [[giant star]] that has [[stellar evolution|evolved]] away from the [[main sequence]] after consuming the hydrogen at its core. It is 280 million years old<ref name=Baines_et_al_2017/> with 3.7 times the Sun's mass and has expanded 26 times the radius of the Sun.<ref name=Gray2018/> The star is radiating 340<ref name="Luck2015"/> times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged [[photosphere]] at an [[effective temperature]] of 4,650&nbsp;K. The secondary star, component B, is an [[A-type main-sequence star]] that has a class of A5V.<ref name=Gray2018/> α&nbsp;Ursae Majoris has been reported to vary in brightness by about a thousandth of a magnitude. Ten radial oscillation modes have been detected, with periods between 6.4 hours and 6.4 days.<ref name="buzasi"/>

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Although it is part of the constellation of Ursa Major, it is not part of the [[Ursa Major Moving Group]] of stars that have a common motion through space.<ref name="motz">{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/constellations00motz/page/39 39]|title=The Constellations: An Enthusiast's Guide To The Night Sky|last1=Motz|first1=Lloyd|last2=Nathanson|first2=Carol|publisher=Doubleday|year=1988|isbn=978-0385176002|author-link=Lloyd Motz|url=https://archive.org/details/constellations00motz/page/39}}</ref>


==Nomenclature==
==Nomenclature==
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''α Ursae Majoris'' (Latinised to ''Alpha Ursae Majoris'') is the star system's [[Bayer designation]].
''α Ursae Majoris'' (Latinised to ''Alpha Ursae Majoris'') is the star system's [[Bayer designation]].


It bore the traditional name ''Dubhe'', which is derived from the [[Arabic]] for 'bear', {{transl|ar|''dubb''}}, from the phrase ''{{Rtl-lang|ar|ظهر الدب الاكبر}}'' {{transl|ar|''żahr ad-dubb al-akbar''}} 'the back of the Greater Bear'. The ancient Egyptians called it ''Ak'', meaning 'The Eye'.<ref name=allen1899>{{cite book
It bore the traditional name ''Dubhe'', which is derived from the [[Arabic]] for 'bear', {{transl|ar|''dubb''}}, from the phrase ''{{lang|ar|ظهر الدب الاكبر}}'' {{transl|ar|''żahr ad-dubb al-akbar''}} 'the back of the Greater Bear'. The ancient Egyptians called it ''Ak'', meaning 'The Eye'.<ref name=allen1899>{{cite book
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The [[Hindu]]s refer to the star as ''[[Kratu]]'', one of the [[Saptarishi|Seven Rishis]].<ref name=allen1899/>
The [[Hindu]]s refer to the star as ''[[Kratu]]'', one of the [[Saptarishi|Seven Rishis]].<ref name=allen1899/>


In [[Chinese astronomy|Chinese]], {{lang|zh|北斗}} Běi Dǒu, meaning ''[[Purple Forbidden enclosure|Northern Dipper]]'', refers to an asterism equivalent to the Big Dipper. Consequently, the [[Chinese star names|Chinese name]] for Alpha Ursae Majoris itself is {{lang|zh|北斗一}} Běi Dǒu yī, ({{lang-en|the First Star of Northern Dipper}}) and {{lang|zh|天樞}} Tiān Shū, ({{lang-en|Star of Celestial Pivot}}).<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0606/ap060615.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 15 日]</ref>
In [[Chinese astronomy|Chinese]], {{lang|zh|北斗}} Běi Dǒu, meaning ''[[Purple Forbidden enclosure|Northern Dipper]]'', refers to an asterism equivalent to the Big Dipper. Consequently, the [[Chinese star names|Chinese name]] for Alpha Ursae Majoris itself is {{lang|zh|北斗一}} Běi Dǒu yī, ({{langx|en|the First Star of Northern Dipper}}) and {{lang|zh|天樞}} Tiān Shū, ({{langx|en|Star of Celestial Pivot}}).<ref>{{in lang|zh}} [http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0606/ap060615.html AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 15 日] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102063635/http://aeea.nmns.edu.tw/2006/0606/ap060615.html |date=2014-11-02 }}</ref>


==In culture==
==In culture==
Dubhe is the official star of the [[State of Utah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/star.html|title=Pioneer - Utah State Starl - Dubhe|website=onlinelibrary.utah.gov|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref>
Dubhe is the official star of the [[State of Utah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/star.html|title=Pioneer - Utah State Starl - Dubhe|website=onlinelibrary.utah.gov|access-date=2019-11-25|archive-date=2019-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208221559/https://onlinelibrary.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/star.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


[[USS Dubhe (ID-2562)|''Dubhe'']] was a ship in the [[United States Navy]]. The Danish National Home Guard Navy ship [[MHV806]] is also named'' Dubhe''.
[[USS Dubhe (ID-2562)|''Dubhe'']] was a ship in the [[United States Navy]]. The Danish National Home Guard Navy ship [[MHV806]] is also named'' Dubhe''.
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<ref name=aaa474_2_653>{{cite journal | first=F. | last=van Leeuwen |date=November 2007 | title=Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=474 | issue=2 | pages=653–664 | bibcode=2007A&A...474..653V | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 |arxiv = 0708.1752 | s2cid=18759600 }}</ref>
<ref name=aaa474_2_653>{{cite journal | first=F. | last=van Leeuwen |date=November 2007 | title=Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=474 | issue=2 | pages=653–664 | bibcode=2007A&A...474..653V | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078357 |arxiv = 0708.1752 | s2cid=18759600 }}</ref>


<ref name=ajss74_1075>{{citation | last1=McWilliam | first1=Andrew | title=High-resolution spectroscopic survey of 671 GK giants. I - Stellar atmosphere parameters and abundances | journal=Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | volume=74 | pages=1075–1128 |date=December 1990 | doi=10.1086/191527 | bibcode=1990ApJS...74.1075M }}</ref>
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<ref name=clpl4_99>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Johnson | first1=H. L. | last2=Iriarte | first2=B. | last3=Mitchell | first3=R. I. | last4=Wisniewskj | first4=W. Z. | title=UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars | journal=Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory | volume=4 | issue=99 | pages=99 | year=1966 | bibcode=1966CoLPL...4...99J }}</ref>
<ref name=clpl4_99>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Johnson | first1=H. L. | last2=Iriarte | first2=B. | last3=Mitchell | first3=R. I. | last4=Wisniewskj | first4=W. Z. | title=UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars | journal=Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory | volume=4 | issue=99 | pages=99 | year=1966 | bibcode=1966CoLPL...4...99J }}</ref>


<ref name=SIMBAD>{{citation | title=DUBHE -- Spectroscopic binary | work=SIMBAD | publisher=[[Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]] | url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Alpha+Ursae+Majoris | access-date=2011-12-23 }}</ref>
<ref name=SIMBAD>{{citation | title=DUBHE -- Spectroscopic binary | work=SIMBAD | publisher=[[Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]] | url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Alpha+Ursae+Majoris | access-date=2011-12-23 }}</ref>

<ref name="gray2019">{{Cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=David F. |last2=Kaur |first2=Taranpreet |date=2019-09-01 |title=A Recipe for Finding Stellar Radii, Temperatures, Surface Gravities, Metallicities, and Masses Using Spectral Lines |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=882 |issue=2 |pages=148 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab2fce |doi-access=free |bibcode=2019ApJ...882..148G |issn=0004-637X}}</ref>


<ref name=aj135_3_892>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Carney | first1=Bruce W. | last2=Gray | first2=David F. | last3=Yong | first3=David | last4=Latham | first4=David W. | last5=Manset | first5=Nadine | last6=Zelman | first6=Rachel | last7=Laird | first7=John B. | title=Rotation and Macroturbulence in Metal-Poor Field Red Giant and Red Horizontal Branch Stars | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=135 | issue=3 | pages=892–906 |date=March 2008 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/135/3/892 | bibcode=2008AJ....135..892C |arxiv = 0711.4984 | s2cid=2756572 }}</ref>
<ref name=aj135_3_892>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Carney | first1=Bruce W. | last2=Gray | first2=David F. | last3=Yong | first3=David | last4=Latham | first4=David W. | last5=Manset | first5=Nadine | last6=Zelman | first6=Rachel | last7=Laird | first7=John B. | title=Rotation and Macroturbulence in Metal-Poor Field Red Giant and Red Horizontal Branch Stars | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=135 | issue=3 | pages=892–906 |date=March 2008 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/135/3/892 | bibcode=2008AJ....135..892C |arxiv = 0711.4984 | s2cid=2756572 }}</ref>
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<ref name=aj135_3_892>{{citation | display-authors=1 | last1=Carney | first1=Bruce W. | last2=Gray | first2=David F. | last3=Yong | first3=David | last4=Latham | first4=David W. | last5=Manset | first5=Nadine | last6=Zelman | first6=Rachel | last7=Laird | first7=John B. | title=Rotation and Macroturbulence in Metal-Poor Field Red Giant and Red Horizontal Branch Stars | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=135 | issue=3 | pages=892–906 |date=March 2008 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/135/3/892 | bibcode=2008AJ....135..892C |arxiv = 0711.4984 | s2cid=2756572 }}</ref>


<ref name="Luck2015">{{Cite journal |last=Luck |first=R. Earle |date=2015-09-01 |title=Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015AJ....150...88L |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=150 |issue=3 |pages=88 |doi=10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88 |arxiv=1507.01466 |bibcode=2015AJ....150...88L |issn=0004-6256}} [https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/AJ/150/88&Name=*%20alf%20UMa Dubhe's database entry] at [[VizieR]].</ref>
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<ref name="msc">{{cite journal | bibcode=1997A&AS..124...75T | title=MSC - a catalogue of physical multiple stars | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series | volume=124 | pages=75–84 | last1=Tokovinin | first1=A. A. | year=1997 | doi=10.1051/aas:1997181 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
<ref name="msc">{{cite journal | bibcode=1997A&AS..124...75T | title=MSC - a catalogue of physical multiple stars | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series | volume=124 | pages=75–84 | last1=Tokovinin | first1=A. A. | year=1997 | doi=10.1051/aas:1997181 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
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| volume=155 | issue=1 | pages=30 | year=2017
| bibcode=2018AJ....155...30B | doi=10.3847/1538-3881/aa9d8b
| bibcode=2018AJ....155...30B | doi=10.3847/1538-3881/aa9d8b
| arxiv=1712.08109 | s2cid=119427037 }}</ref>
| arxiv=1712.08109 | s2cid=119427037 | doi-access=free }}</ref>


<ref name=Gray2018>{{cite journal
<ref name=Gray2018>{{cite journal
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| journal=The Astrophysical Journal
| journal=The Astrophysical Journal
| volume=869 | issue=1 | id=81 | pages=14 | date=December 2018
| volume=869 | issue=1 | id=81 | pages=14 | date=December 2018
| doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aae9e6 | bibcode=2018ApJ...869...81G }}</ref>
| doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aae9e6 | bibcode=2018ApJ...869...81G | s2cid=125789271 | doi-access=free }}</ref>


<ref name=Gontcharov2006>{{cite journal
<ref name=Gontcharov2006>{{cite journal
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| publisher=Sky Pub | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts
| isbn=978-1-931559-44-7 }}</ref>
| isbn=978-1-931559-44-7 }}</ref>

<ref name=Eggleton_Tokovinin_2008>{{cite journal
| last1=Eggleton | first1=P. P. | last2=Tokovinin | first2=A. A.
| title=A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems
| journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| volume=389 | issue=2 | pages=869–879 | date=September 2008
| doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x | doi-access=free | bibcode=2008MNRAS.389..869E
| arxiv=0806.2878 | s2cid=14878976 }}</ref>


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Dubhe
Location of Dubhe (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Ursa Major
Pronunciation /ˈdʌbiː/
Right ascension 11h 03m 43.67152s[1]
Declination +61° 45′ 03.7249″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 1.79[2] (1.87 + 4.85)[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0III[4] + A5V[3]
U−B color index +0.93[2]
B−V color index +1.07[2]
Variable type Suspected[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−9.4±0.3[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –134.11[1] mas/yr
Dec.: –34.70[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)26.54 ± 0.48 mas[1]
Distance123 ± 2 ly
(37.7 ± 0.7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.10±0.04[7]
Orbit[3]
Companionα UMa B
Period (P)44.45±0.11 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.590±0.026″
Eccentricity (e)0.439±0.004
Inclination (i)159.9±3.5°
Longitude of the node (Ω)9.3±8.2°
Periastron epoch (T)2,002.17±0.09
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		232.8±7.9°
Details
α UMa A
Mass3.7±0.4[3] M☉
Radius26.85[8] R☉
Luminosity339[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.22[3] cgs
Temperature4,650[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.15[3] dex
Rotation<1.35[3] years
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.63±0.15[3] km/s
Age280±30[10] Myr
α UMa B
Mass2.5±0.4[3] M☉
Other designations
Dubhe, Ak, α Ursae Majoris, α UMa, Alpha UMa, 50 UMa, NSV 5070, BD+62°1161, FK5 417, GC 15185, HD 95689, HIP 54061, HR 4301, SAO 15384, PPM 17705, ADS 8035, CCDM J11037+6145AB, WDS J11037+6145AB[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Dubhe is a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It is formally designated Alpha Ursae Majoris, Latinised from α Ursae Majoris,[12][13] Despite being designated "α" (alpha), it is the second-brightest object in the constellation. Alpha Ursae Majoris is the northern of the 'pointers' (or 'guards'), the second being Beta Ursae Majoris, or 'Merak' – this pair of stars point towards Polaris, the North Star.[14] α Ursae Majoris is located at a distance of approximately 123 light years from the Sun, based on parallax measurements.

Although it is part of the constellation of Ursa Major, it is not part of the Ursa Major Moving Group of stars that have a common motion through space.[15]

Components

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Dubhe A & B
α Ursae Majoris A and faint companion binaries

This is a spectroscopic binary made up of the stars designated α Ursae Majoris A and α Ursae Majoris B. The pair orbit at a separation of about 23[16] astronomical units (AU) with a period of 44.5 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.44.[3] There is another spectroscopic binary at an angular separation of 7.1 arcminutes, forming a 7th magnitude pair showing an F8 spectral type with an orbital period of 6.035 days and an eccentricity of 0.09. It is sometimes referred to as Alpha Ursae Majoris C, but is separately catalogued as HD 95638.[16] Together they form a quadruple star system.[17]

A Hertzsprung–Russell diagram showing the position of Dubhe on the red-giant branch

Component A is the system's primary, and it has a stellar classification of K0III.[4] This is a giant star that has evolved away from the main sequence after consuming the hydrogen at its core. It is 280 million years old[10] with 3.7 times the Sun's mass and has expanded 26 times the radius of the Sun.[3] The star is radiating 340[9] times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,650 K. The secondary star, component B, is an A-type main-sequence star that has a class of A5V.[3] α Ursae Majoris has been reported to vary in brightness by about a thousandth of a magnitude. Ten radial oscillation modes have been detected, with periods between 6.4 hours and 6.4 days.[18]

Nomenclature

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α Ursae Majoris (Latinised to Alpha Ursae Majoris) is the star system's Bayer designation.

It bore the traditional name Dubhe, which is derived from the Arabic for 'bear', dubb, from the phrase ظهر الدب الاكبر żahr ad-dubb al-akbar 'the back of the Greater Bear'. The ancient Egyptians called it Ak, meaning 'The Eye'.[19] In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[20] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016[21] included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Dubhe for the star α Ursae Majoris A.

The Hindus refer to the star as Kratu, one of the Seven Rishis.[19]

In Chinese, 北斗 Běi Dǒu, meaning Northern Dipper, refers to an asterism equivalent to the Big Dipper. Consequently, the Chinese name for Alpha Ursae Majoris itself is 北斗一 Běi Dǒu yī, (English: the First Star of Northern Dipper) and 天樞 Tiān Shū, (English: Star of Celestial Pivot).[22]

In culture

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Dubhe is the official star of the State of Utah.[23]

Dubhe was a ship in the United States Navy. The Danish National Home Guard Navy ship MHV806 is also named Dubhe.

See also

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References

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  14. ^ Streicher, Magda (April 2009). "Plough northwards, to the Big Dipper". Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa. 68 (3 and 4): 78–83. Bibcode:2009MNSSA..68...78S.
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  22. ^ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 15 日 Archived 2014-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ "Pioneer - Utah State Starl - Dubhe". onlinelibrary.utah.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-02-08. Retrieved 2019-11-25.


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