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The Ursa Major Moving Group, also known as Collinder 285 and the Ursa Major association, is the closest stellar moving group – a set of stars with common velocities in space and thought to have a common origin in space and time.
A few other such stars have been identified, and together they are called the Ursa Major Moving Group. Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in relation to Polaris. The stars Merak (β Ursae Majoris) and Dubhe (α Ursae Majoris) are known as the "pointer stars" because they are helpful for finding Polaris, also known as the North Star or Pole Star. By ...
Messier 81 is the largest galaxy in the M81 Group, a group of 34 in the constellation Ursa Major. [28] At approximately 11.7 Mly (3.6 Mpc) from the Earth, it makes this group and the Local Group, containing the Milky Way, [28] relative neighbors in the Virgo Supercluster.
The Ursa Major Cluster (Ursa Major I Cluster, UMa I ClG) is a spiral-rich galaxy cluster of the Virgo Supercluster. Some of its largest members are NGC 3631 , NGC 3953 , M109 on North ( M109 Group ) and NGC 3726 , NGC 3938 , NGC 4051 on South.
Group X: Ursa Major: 330 300 proposed moving group; former name is Group 10 [12] [15] [16] [17] Lower Centaurus–Crux association: Centaurus + Crux: 360 15 Subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association [3] 93 Tau group (formerly Group 29) 93 Tauri: Taurus: 380 40 proposed moving group, overlaps with Taurus-Auriga, but is older [12] [18] [19 ...
Ursa Major's website features the launch of a Javelin anti-tank missile, a weapon heavily used in Ukraine's efforts to combat the Russian invasion for the last two years. Ursa Major says it can ...
Pages in category "Ursa Major moving group" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight after an explosion ripped through its engine room and two of its crew are still missing, the Russian Foreign Ministry ...