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, ...
[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.
Their names are Kochab and Pherkad. Paul Kunitzsch has been unable to trace the origin of Kochab, but thinks that it may come from the Arabic word kaukab meaning ‘star'.
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 ...
Named Stars: POLARIS (Alpha UMi) KOCAB (Beta UMi) Pherkad (Gamma UMi) Yildun (Delta UMi) Pherkad Minor (11 UMi)
Unfortunately Ursa Minor is not filled with many interesting deep-sky objects.
POLARIS (Alpha UMi)
KOCAB (Beta UMi)
Pherkad (Gamma UMi)
Yildun (Delta UMi)
Pherkad Minor (11 UMi) ...
Named stars: Alpha UMi (Polaris/Alrukaba), Beta UMi (Kochab), Gamma UMi (Pherkad)
Info: Polaris, the brightest star of Ursa Minor, is the North Star or Pole Star, the star closest to the north celestial pole.
Vela (Sails, formerly Argo Navis) ...
Alifa al Farkadain (ζ UMi), Kochab (β UMi), Pherkad (γ UMi), Polaris (Pole Star, α UMi), Yildun (δUMi).
Constellations adjoining Ursa Minor: Camelopardalis, Cepheus, Draco.
Close to the 3rd mag A3 giant gamma UMi, also known as Pherkad, lies the 5 mag star 11 UMi. These two stars appear double although they are unrelated.
 See also: Polaris, Star, Ursa Minor, Kochab, Constellation
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