Beta Ursae Majoris is named Merak, or "loin"; gamma is Phecda: thigh, and delta is called Megrez: root (or base) of the tail. These three are similar stars, all white (A-type) stars, and all within 100 light years distance.
MERAK (Beta Ursae Majoris). High in the sky in northern spring evenings, just climbing above the northern horizon in southern hemisphere autumn, the Big Dipper -- the "plough" in England -- is among the most recognized and recognizable of figures, ...
[8319] beta Ursae Majoris or Merak ("the loins") is the other star in the constellation that points to Polaris, along with [8316] alpha Ursae Minoris.
* Beta Ursae Majoris (Merak) (HD 95418)
* Gamma Ursae Majoris (Phecda) (HD 103287)
* Delta Ursae Majoris (Megrez) (HD 106591)
* HD 109011
* HD 109647 (in Canes Venatici)
* HD 110463
* Epsilon Ursae Majoris (Alioth) (HD 112185) ...
light-years (ly) away from our Sun, Sol, in the northwestern corner of (10:11:22.1+49:27:15.2, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear, which also encompasses the Big Dipper or Plow (Plough) -- southwest of Merak (Beta Ursae Majoris), ...
Alpha Ursae Majoris (possibly Alpha Majoris)
Merak (Beta Ursae Majoris)
Mizar (Zeta Ursae Majoris)
61 Ursae Majoris (Archer system)
Lalande 21185
Ursa Minor (Ursae Minoris) ...
 See also: Constellation, Ursa Major, Star, Merak, Constellations
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