The Littlest Bear

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Polaris is classified as a Population I Cepheid variable. The star’s variability was confirmed in 1911 by the Danish astronomer Ejnar Hertzsprung. Most stars in the Ursa Minor Dwarf are old and there is little to no star forming activity going on in the galaxy. Eta Ursae Minoris is a yellow-white main sequence dwarf star belonging to the spectral class F5 V. It is 97.3 light years distant from Earth and has a visual magnitude of 4.95. It is visible to the unaided eye. Following upwards and slightly to the left from Betelgeuse there are three stars that make a ‘Y’ shape that makes up his right arm. There are then two stars that are slightly to the right of these stars that make up Orion’s club. Moose (voiced by Ray Landry) is a moose who sometimes helps Little Bear and his friends when they are in need.

Because of its brightness and proximity to the pole, Polaris is an important star in celestial navigation and has been known by many different names, including Stella Maris (sea star), Alruccabah, Phoenice, Lodestar (guiding star, derived from the Old Norse leiðarstjarna), Cynosūra (from the Greek κυνόσουρα, meaning “the dog’s tail”), Angel Stern, Star of Arcady, Yilduz, Mismar (needle or nail), Tramontana, Navigatoria and Pole Star. Kochab – β Ursae Minoris (Beta Ursae Minoris)Every half-hour episode of Little Bear is divided into three seven-minute segments. Most segments are new stories, but some are retellings of Else Holmelund Minarik's books (both she and Sendak were "closely involved in the creative process" when developing the new stories). [5] Mermaid is a mermaid whom Little Bear occasionally meets when he goes to the lake. She is friendly and takes Little Bear to see places underwater. Owl and Emily have also met Mermaid. The constellation name Ursa Minor is pronounced /ˌɜːrsə ˈmaɪnər/. In English, the constellation is known as the Little Bear. The genitive form of Ursa Minor, used in star names, is Ursae Minoris (pronunciation: /ˌɜːrsiː mɪˈnɒrɪs/). The three-letter abbreviation, adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1922, is UMi.

The star’s traditional name, Pherkad, is derived from the Arabic farqad, meaning “calf,” short for the phrase aḫfa al farkadayn, which means “the dim one of the two calves.” Yildun – δ Ursae Minoris (Delta Ursae Minoris) The Ursa Minor Dwarf is a dwarf elliptical galaxy in Ursa Minor. It has an apparent magnitude of 11.9 and is approximately 200,000 light years distant. It is a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. Alpha Ursae Minoris is actually a multiple star, consisting of the bright giant Alpha Ursae Minoris A, two smaller and dimmer companion stars Alpha UMi B and Alpha UMi Ab, and two more distant stars, Alpha UMi C and Alpha UMi D.The brightest component in the Alpha UMi system is a bright giant (II) or supergiant (Ib) star belonging to the spectral class F8. It has a mass six times that of the Sun. Alpha UMi B, or Polaris B, discovered by William Herschel in 1780, is a main sequence star of the spectral type F3, and Alpha UMi Ab is a dwarf star in a very close orbit. In Canada, Little Bear was adapted into a live theatrical show, Little Bear: Winter Tales. It originally toured across Canada in 2007 and returned in late 2009. [10] Both tours were presented by Paquin Entertainment, and were produced by Koba Entertainment. The series has been re-aired on various foreign channels, including ABC and ABC2 (Australia), RTÉ (Ireland), TV2 (New Zealand), and Children's BBC (United Kingdom). The constellation is believed to have been created by Thales of Miletus, a philosopher and astronomer who lived between 625 and 545 BC and was known as one of the Seven Sages of Greece (early 6th century philosophers known for their wisdom). It is also possible that Thales merely introduced the constellation to the Greeks. He was believed to be descended from a Phoenician family, and Phoenicians frequently used Ursa Minor in navigation because, lying so close to the North Pole, the constellation was an excellent guide to true north. The Greeks sometimes called the constellation the Phoenician. Before it became known as the Little Bear ( Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος), Ursa Minor was known as the Dog’s Tail, or Cynosura (originally Κυνόσουρα in Greek). Facts, location and map