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Tau
Its story
τ Ursae Majoris is a white star in the forepaw of the Great Bear, far from the famous Plough but within the ancient full figure of the animal. Its A type reveals a hot, crisp star, one of the many jewels that Greek myth hid in the silhouette of the mortal bear Callisto, transformed by Zeus to bring her to safety in the firmament.
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.67
- Distance
- 126.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 137.729° · Dec 63.514°
- Catalogue
- HIP 45075 · HD 78362
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