✨ Ursa Major

UMa · great bear · Northern sky

Ursa Major is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin, meaning great bear; stars within it are named in the genitive form Ursae Majoris.

Facts about Ursa Major

Constellation	Ursa Major
IAU abbreviation	UMa
Genitive (Latin)	Ursae Majoris
Meaning	great bear
Brightest star	Alioth (apparent magnitude 1.77)
Area	1,280 square degrees
Hemisphere	Northern
Messier objects here	7

Deep-sky objects in Ursa Major

M40 — Winnecke 4 (Deep-sky object, mag 8.4)
M81 (Galaxy, mag 6.9)
M82 — Cigar Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 8.4)
M97 — Owl Nebula (Planetary nebula, mag 9.9)
M101 — Pinwheel Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 7.9)
M108 — Surfboard Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 10)
M109 — Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 9.8)

Data: IAU-designated constellations & the Messier catalogue, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.