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Dubhe

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.

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Dubhe

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  1. Trevor Lee Dubhe

  2. 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”)

  3. 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 UrsaeMajoris • It is 123 light years away from earth. • The traditional name comes from the Arabic for Bear. (“wikipedia”)

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  5. More Information • 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”)

  6. Pictures • Dubhe is also located in the Big Dipper. • It begins the dipper as it reaches over the horizon.

  7. 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.

  8. Pictures

  9. Information • 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.

  10. Animation • An animation of a stars formation

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