Mizar

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• Look at Mizar with a small telescope, and you'll see it is two stars: Mizar A and Mizar B (Zeta 1 Ursae Majoris and Zeta 2 Ursae Majoris).

  Academic text (1996)

• The seven stars of the Big Dipper are known by a variety of names, including the traditional set: Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid.

  Academic text (2011)

• Mizar and Alcor appear close together, but they do not actually orbit one another.

  Academic text (1999)

• Look at it closely with your naked eye, and you'll see it is actually two stars: Alcor and Mizar.

  Academic text (1996)

• The closest of these stars is Mizar, which is the middle star of three that compose the handle of the dipper, and the light I'm seeing this Christmas Eve left that star in 1920, about the time American women acquired the long-overdue constitutional right to vote.

  Academic text (2011)

• Astronomers often refer to Mizar when teaching about the constellations due to its prominence in the Big Dipper.

• Mizar serves as a useful navigational star, guiding stargazers to other celestial bodies in the Big Dipper.

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Etymology