PHERKAD (Gamma Ursae Minoris). Unless you live south of the Tropic of Cancer, you will have no trouble finding Pherkad any time of the year, ...
With Kochab and Gamma Ursae Minoris are together known as "The Guardians of the Pole."
Description of the Star ...
Two stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper, Beta and Gamma Ursae Minoris, are sometimes referred to as the Guardians of the Pole. Their names are Kochab and Pherkad.
Pherkad Gamma Ursae Minoris
Pherkard Delta Ursae Minoris
Pleione 28 Tauri - see Pleiades
Polaris Alpha Ursae Minoris
Polaris Australis Sigma Octantis
Pollux Beta Geminorum
Porrima Gamma Virginis
Praecipua 46 Leonis Minoris
Procyon Alpha Canis Minoris ...
[8541] Pherkad ("calf"), gamma Ursae Minoris, is a hot class A giant classified as a Delta Scuti type variable. It lies about 480 light-years from Earth. Its luminosity is 1,100 times that of the Sun. Pherkad is the third brightest star in Ursa Minor.
 See also: Polaris, Kochab, Star, Pherkad, Sun
|
