TANIA AUSTRALIS (Mu Ursae Majoris). Our Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, contains remnants of ancient Arabic constellations, the best-known example the star Alkaid, which refers to the leader of the daughters of a funeral bier.
Mu Ursae Majoris, Tania Australis, Alkafzah Australis
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* al-qafzat aθ-θāniyah (or at-tāniyah) The second leap (of the gazelle) [ا"قفزة by itself is al-qafzah] + austrālis southern
* Semiregular variable
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Tania Australis Mu Ursae Majoris
Tania Borealis Lambda Ursae Majoris
Tarazet Gamma Aquilae
Taygeta 19 Tauri
Tegmen Zeta Cancri
Terebellum Omega Sagittarii
Tejat Posterior Mu Geminorum
Tejat Prior Eta Geminorum
Thabit Upsilon Orionis ...
The second leap is represented by Lambda and Mu Ursae Majoris, known as Tania Borealis and Tania Australis, while the third leap is represented by Iota and Kappa Ursae Majoris, although Iota alone bears the name Talitha, ...
 See also: Tania Australis, Alkaid, Tania Borealis, Star, Second
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