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  2. Ursa Major - Wikipedia

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    Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, ... [14] 47 Ursae Majoris b, discovered in 1996, orbits every 1078 days and is 2.53 times the mass of Jupiter.

  3. Ursa Major moving group - Wikipedia

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    The Ursa Major Moving Group was discovered in 1869 by Richard A. Proctor, who noticed that, except for Dubhe and Alkaid (Eta Ursae Majoris), the stars of the Big Dipper asterism all have proper motions heading towards a common point in Sagittarius.

  4. NGC 3972 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 3972 is a spiral galaxy located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 14, 1789. [7] This galaxy is located 66 million light years away and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 846 km/s. [2] It is a member of the NGC 3992 Group of galaxies. [4]

  5. Ursa Major III - Wikipedia

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    Ursa Major III (UMa III) is a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the smallest and faintest ever discovered. [2] It was found by the deep, ...

  6. NGC 3675 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 3675 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of about 50 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3675 is about 100,000 light years across. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 14 January 1788. [2]

  7. NGC 3319 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 3319 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on Feb 3, 1788. [5] It is rich in gas and lacks a galactic bulge. [3] NGC 3319 is relatively isolated. It is in a small group of galaxies including NGC 3104, NGC 3184, and NGC 3198. The nearest galaxy to it is probably NGC 3198, 4.2 million ...

  8. Surging rocket motor demand drives Pentagon to buy from ...

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    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 ...

  9. NGC 3631 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 3631 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of about 35 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3631 is about 60,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 14, 1789. [2] It is a grand design spiral galaxy seen face on.