View Stars for Constellation Ursa Major
| Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Language | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ak | UMa | Ak | eye Allen, p. 437 |
Arabic | 54061 | |
| Al Cor | UMa | Suha/Soha |
the forgotten one (binary companion of Mizar) Allen, p. 445 |
the lamb | Arabic | 65477 |
| Al Haud | UMa | Al Haud |
the pond Allen, p. 442 |
Arabic | 46853 | |
| Al Kaprah | UMa | Kaphrah |
In Egyptian Art and its Influence (1885), Sydney Herbert explains that the Egyptians deified Noah and claimed that he had become a star in UMa. Elijah Hinsdale Burritt placed "Al Kaphrah" by chi UMa, in the right foot of the bear in his 1833 Celestial Atlas, but Heis moved it to kap UMa in 1872. The Standard Dictionary still has it as "El Kophrah" and follows Burritt. Herbert, Sydney (1884). Egyptian Art and Its Influence. The Sphynx. Sagwan Press. p. 9 |
protected, covered | Egyptian | 44471 |
| Alcor | UMa | Suha/Soha | the ‘forgotten’ or ‘neglected’ one Allen, p. 445 |
Arabic | 65477 | |
| Alioth | UMa | alyat | originated in the first edition of the Alfonsine Tables (1483 Spain): fat tail of the eastern sheep Allen, p. 439 |
the she goat, the ewe | Arabic | 62956 |
| Alioth | UMa | Al-Jawn |
the black horse http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 62956 | |
| Alkafzah | UMa | Al Kafzah | the leap; see also Al Kaphrah Allen, p. 445 |
Egyptian (Elijah Hinsdate Burritt, 1838) & Arabic | 57399 | |
| Alkafzah Australis | UMa | the southern leap Allen, p. 443 |
Egyptian, Arabic & Latin | 50801 | ||
| Alkafzah Borealis | UMa | northern leap Allen, p. 443 |
Egyptian, Arabic & Latin | * lam UMa | ||
| Alkaid | UMa | Al-Qa'id |
"leader" of the mourning maidens http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 67301 | |
| Alkaphrah | UMa | Al Kaphrah | the leap; see also Al Kaphrah Allen, p. 444 |
Egyptian & Arabic (Elijah Hinsdate Burritt, 1838) | 57399 | |
| Alkaphrah | UMa | Al Kafzah al thalithah | the third spring, or leap of the ghazal Allen, p. 442 |
Egyptian & Arabic (Elijah Hinsdate Burritt, 1838) | 44471 | |
| Alphikra Australis | UMa | Al Phikra al Thalitha | third southern leap of the ghazal Allen, p. 442 |
Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) & Latin | 44471 | |
| Alphikra Borealis | UMa | Al Phikra al Thalitha | third northern leap of the ghazal Allen, p. 442 |
Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) & Latin | 44127 | |
| Alula Australis | UMa | Al-Qafzah al-Ula | The southern one of "the first leap" http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic & Latin | 55203 | |
| Alula Australis | UMa | Al ?afzah al Ula | the first southern leap of the ghazal Allen, p. 443 |
Arabic | 55203 | |
| Alula Borealis | UMa | Al ?afzah al Ula | the first northern leap of the ghazal Allen, p. 443 |
Arabic | 55219 | |
| Alula Borealis | UMa | Al-Qafzah al-Ula |
the northern one of the first leap of the ghazal http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic & Latin | 55219 | |
| Alyat | UMa | Alioth | fat tail of the eastern sheep (no definite article) Allen, p. 439 |
a she goat | Arabic (Alfonsine Tables, 1483, Spain) | 62956 |
| Arundhati | UMa | Arundhati | the wife of the sage Vashistha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundhati_(Hinduism) |
Sanskrit | 65477 | |
| Benet Naish | UMa | Sarir Banat al Na`ash | the throne of the mourners Allen, p. 442 |
the daughters of the assembly | Arabic | 46853 |
| Benet Nash | UMa | Ka'id Banat al Na'ash |
daughters of the bier (coffin); according to Greek mythology, where these names originate, Al Na`ash was murdered by Al Jadi, the pole star, after being changed to a bear, and the daughters of Na'ash still carry the coffin around Al Jady every night, assembled for a funeral Allen, p. 433 |
the sheepfold | Arabic | 67301 |
| Benetnasch | UMa | qa'id binat na'sh |
the leader of the daughters of the bier; the daughters of the bier, i.e. the mourning maidens, are the three stars of the handle of the Big Dipper, Alkaid, Mizar, and Alioth; while the four stars of the bowl, Megrez, Phecda, Merak, and Dubhe, are the bier (coffin) of Na'ash who had been changed to a bear by the gods Allen, p. 441 |
Arabic | 67301 | |
| Benetnash | UMa | Banat Na'sh |
daughters of the bier http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 67301 | |
| Chalawan | UMa | Chalawan | a mythological crocodile king https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1514/ |
the Thai Astronomical Society, Thailand, 2015 | 53721 | |
| Dnoces | UMa | Dnoces | "second" spelled backward (Edward H. White II, Apollo 1) https://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/a15.postland.html |
English | 44127 | |
| Dubb | UMa | Thahr al Dubb al Akbar | the back of the great bear Allen, p. 437 |
Arabic (Alfonsine Tables, 1483, Spain) | 54061 | |
| Dubbah Lachar | UMa | Dubb al Akbar | the back of the Greater Bear Allen, p. 437 |
the latter herd, or flock | Arabic; | 54061 |
| Dubh | UMa | dubbah | bear Allen, p. 437 |
Arabic | 54061 | |
| Dubhe | UMa | Thahr al Dubb al Akbar | the bear the great Allen, p. 437 |
a herd of animals or a flock | Arabic | 54061 |
| Dubhe | UMa | Ad-Dubb |
the bear http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 54061 | |
| Dubheh | UMa | Ad-Dubb | the bear Allen, pp. 437, 423 |
herd of animals | Arabic | 54061 |
| El Acola | UMa | Al Fikrah al Ula | an error in Elijah Burritt's Atlas of the Heavens (1838); correction is Arabic: "Al Kafzah al Ula", the first spring of the ghazal Allen, p. 443 |
the sheepfold | Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) | * ksi UMa |
| El Kaphrah | UMa | El Kaphrah | the leap Allen, p. 444 |
protected, covered | Arabic | 57399 |
| El Kaphrah | UMa | El Kophrah |
the leap Allen, p. 444 |
redeemed, ransomed | Hebrew | 57399 |
| El Koprah | UMa | El Koprah | rear of the right hind quarter Allen, p. 444 |
Arabic | 57399 | |
| Elkeid | UMa | Ka'id Banat al Na'ash |
the Governor of the Daughters of the Bier; i.e. the Chief of the Mourners Allen, p. 441 |
Arabic | 67301 | |
| Fakhth al-Dubb | UMa | Al Falidh | the thigh [of the bear] Allen, p. 438 |
visited, guarded or numbered | Arabic | 58001 |
| Helike | UMa | Helike | the wife of Ion and mother of Bura in Greek mythology Allen p. 438 |
a company of travelers | Greek | 53910 |
| Kaffa | UMa | an atonement Rapaport, Yoseff & Savage-Smith, Emilie (2014). An Eleventh Century Guide to the Universe. Brill, Leiden, Boston. p. 106 |
Arabic (Professor Paul Kunitzch has been unable to find any clues as to the origin of the name Kaffa, which appeared in a 1951 publication, Atlas Coeli (Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens) by Czech astronomer Antonín Becvár.) | 59774 | ||
| Kafzatania | UMa | Al Kafzah al Thalitha | third leap [of the gazelle] Allen, p. 442 |
Arabic | 44471 | |
| Megeros | UMa | Al Meghrez | the base of the bear's tail Allen, p. 439 |
contending | Arabic | 59774 |
| Megrez | UMa | Al Meghrez | the root of the tail (of the bear) Allen, p. 439 |
separated, cut off in the fold | Arabic | 59774 |
| Megrez | UMa | Al-Maghriz | "The insertion-point" of the Bear's tail http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 59774 | |
| Megrez | UMa | Muscida | the muzzle (of the bear) Allen, p. 444 |
separated, as in the flock in the fold, cut off | Barbarians, Middle Ages | 41704 |
| Merach | UMa | Al Marakk | the loin (of the bear) Allen, p. 438 |
the flock, the purchased | Arabic | 53910 |
| Merak | UMa | Al-Maraqq | The loins http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 53910 | |
| Mirac | UMa | Mirak |
girdle or waist-cloth Allen, p. 440 |
the coming forth as an arrow | Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * zet01 UMa |
| Mirak | UMa | Al Marakk | the loin (of the bear) Allen, p. 438 |
Arabic | 53910 | |
| Mizar | UMa | Mizar | Arabic for the flank of the bear, according to Bayer's Uranometria, 1603 Allen, p. 439 |
separate or small | Arabic | 62956 |
| Mizar | UMa | Mi'zar |
girdle, waist-cloth, apron; wrapper, covering, cover Allen, p. 440 |
the preserver or guardian | Arabic | 65378 |
| Mizar | UMa | Al-Maraqq |
The loins http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 65378 | |
| Muscida | UMa | Muscida | muzzle of an animal http://www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Muscida.html |
Arabic, coined in the Middle Ages; possibly Barbarian | 41704 | |
| Phacad | UMa | Al Falidh | thigh of the bear Allen, p. 438 |
visited, guarded, numbered | Arabic | 58001 |
| Phacd | UMa | Al Falidh | thigh of the bear Allen, p. 438 |
Arabic | 58001 | |
| Phacda | UMa | Al Falidh | thigh of the bear Allen, p. 438 |
visited, guarded, numbered | Arabic | 58001 |
| Phaced | UMa | Al Falidh | thigh of the bear Allen, p. 438 |
visited, guarded, numbered | Arabic | 58001 |
| Phad | UMa | Al-Fakhidh | The thigh [of the bear] http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 58001 | |
| Phaeda | UMa | Al Falidh | thigh of the bear Allen, p. 438 |
visited, guarded or numbered | Arabic | 58001 |
| Phecda | UMa | Al Falidh | thigh of the bear Allen, p. 438 |
Arabic | 58001 | |
| Saidak | UMa | Saidak | the proof of the forgotten star https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/ursa-major-constellation/ |
Arabic | 65477 | |
| Sarir | UMa | Sarir Banat al Na`ash | the throne of the mourners Allen, p. 442 |
Arabic | 46853 | |
| Sarir Bonet | UMa | Sarir Banat al Na`ash | the throne of the mourners Allen, p. 442 |
Arabic | 46853 | |
| Soha | UMa | Soha |
forgotten’ or ‘neglected’ one (feminine) Allen, p. 445 |
Arabic | 65477 | |
| Suha | UMa | Al Sahja |
forgotten’ or ‘neglected’ one (feminine) Allen, p. 445 |
Arabic | 65477 | |
| Talita | UMa | Al Fikrah al Thalitha |
the third spring, or leap, of the ghazal Allen, p. 442 |
the little lamb | Arabic | 44127 |
| Talitha | UMa | Al Fikrah al Thalitha |
the third leap, of the ghazal Allen, p. 442 |
Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) | 44127 | |
| Talitha Australis | UMa | Ath-Thalithah |
the southern one of "the third" leap http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 44471 | |
| Talitha Borealis | Uma | Ath-Thalithah | The northern one of "the third" leap http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 44127 | |
| Tania | UMa | Al Kafzah at Thaniyah |
second Allen, p. 443 |
Arabic | 50801 | |
| Tania Australis | UMa | Ath-Thaniyah |
The southern one of "the second" leap http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 50801 | |
| Tania Australis | UMa | Al Fikrah al Thania |
the leap the second of the south Allen, p. 443 |
Arabic | 50801 | |
| Tania Borealis | UMa | Al Phi?rah al Thania | the second northern leap (of the gazelle) Allen, p. 443 |
Arabic | 50372 | |
| Tania Borealis | UMa | Ath-Thaniyah |
the northern one of "the second" leap http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | 50372 | |
| Thahr al Dub al Akbar | UMa | Thahr al Dub al Akbar | back of the Greater Bear Allen, p. 437 |
Arabic | 54061 |