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Ursa Minor

39 stars in Ursa Minor can be seen by eye from a dark place. 6 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

40 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. PolarisEasy to see, 430 light years
  2. KochabEasy to see, 130 light years
  3. PherkadEasy to see, 490 light years
  4. Epsilon Ursae MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 300 light years
  5. 5 Ursae MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 360 light years
  6. Zeta Ursae MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 370 light years
  7. YildunSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  8. HIP 73199Seen away from bright lights, 460 light years
  9. 4 Ursae MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 460 light years
  10. Eta Ursae MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 97 light years
  11. Theta Ursae MinorisSeen away from bright lights, 860 light years
  12. Pherkad MinorJust seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  13. HIP 74605Just seen from a dark place, 83 light years
  14. HIP 69373Just seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  15. 19 Ursae MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  16. HIP 66435Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  17. HIP 80480Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  18. HIP 72573Just seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  19. HIP 76519Just seen from a dark place, 770 light years
  20. HIP 78661Just seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  21. HIP 84769Just seen from a dark place, 960 light years
  22. 24 Ursae MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  23. HIP 65536Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  24. HIP 66903Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  25. HIP 81854Just seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  26. HIP 79601Just seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  27. HIP 83317Just seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  28. HIP 74272Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  29. HIP 73706Just seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  30. HIP 59767Just seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  31. HIP 71196Just seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  32. Lambda Ursae MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 890 light years
  33. HIP 81428Just seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  34. HIP 59879Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  35. HIP 80850Just seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  36. 20 Ursae MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 650 light years
  37. 3 Ursae MinorisJust seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  38. HIP 63822Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  39. HIP 7283Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  40. BaekduNeeds a telescope, 520 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.