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The distance between the above mentioned places is 6478 km approximately. The distance is straight path from one place to another place. There might be slight difference between the actual distance and the above mentioned distance because of the route chosen.
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What are the name of the pointer star?
Merak and Dubhe
What are the names of the 2 pointer stars?
Merak and Dubhe
What are the names of the two pointer stars of the big Dipper?
Merak and Dubhe.
Why are Dubhe and Merak called pointers?
because they have three star in the solar by melinda Myers
How many stars form the bowl of the big dipper?
Four: Phecda, Megrez, Merak, Dubhe
What 2 stars do you use to find the polaris?
Merak and Dubhe are the two "pointer stars" at the lip of the Big Dipper. Draw a line between the two stars and follow it for seven times the distance between them. You'll find a medium-bright star called Polaris.
What are the stars in the big dipper?
Starting from the handle, the main stars in the big dipper are Alkaid, Mizar and Alcar (an optical double star), Alioth, Megrez, then down to Phecda, across the bottom to Merak, and finally up to Dubhe on the lip. If you extend a line from Merak up through Dubhe about five times the distance, you should find Polaris, the North Star. See related links for more information
What star pattern points to polaris?
The Big Dipper, or Ursa Major has two stars (sometimes called the pointer stars) which line up directly with Polaris. Those two stars, at the "lip" edge of the Big Dipper, are Dubhe and Merak. Merak is at the "bottom" of the Big Dipper, and Dubhe is right at the "lip".
What galaxy is Merak and Dubhe located?
The milky way because they are 2 of the 7 stars that make up Big Dipper
What is the brightness of the merak star?
Merak is a star, not a constellation. Merak and Dubhe are the two "pointer" stars at the lip of the Big Dipper, that point to Polaris in the northern sky. Merak is an "A1" spectral class "white" star, about 3 times more massive than the Sun, and correspondingly hotter.
Big Dipper name the stars in the big dipper?
In order from left to right: ALKAID, MIRZAR, ALIOTH, MEGREZ, PHAD MERAK, DUBHE
Which star acts like a lighthouse?
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. By visually tracing a line from Merak through Dubhe and continuing, one's eye will land on Polaris, accurately indicating true north
