MIZAR (Zeta Ursae Majoris). One of the most famed stars of the sky, second magnitude (2.06) Mizar, 78 light years away, is the Zeta star of Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, the second star in from the end of the handle of the Big Dipper, ...
[8318] zeta Ursae Majoris or Mizar ("the girdle" or "the waistband") is the fourth brightest star in the constellation. It is a multiple star system and the first binary star ever discovered.
Then comes zeta Ursae Majoris (Mizar: girdle or apron). This star forms a fine binary (perhaps optical?) with Alcor (80 UMa) (see below). The star is 78 light years away according to its parallax.
* Zeta Ursae Majoris (Mizar) A (HD 116656)
* Zeta Ursae Majoris (Mizar) B (HD 116657)
* 80 Ursae Majoris (Alcor) (HD 116842)
Stream stars ...
Second in line along the tail is the wide double star Zeta Ursae Majoris. The two members of the double, visible separately with keen eyesight, are called Mizar and Alcor.
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) ...
Mizar Zeta Ursae Majoris
Mothallah Alpha Trianguli
Muliphein Gamma Centauri, Gamma Canis Majoris
Muphrid (or Mufrid) Eta Bootis
Murzim Beta Canis Majoris
Muscida Omicron Ursae Majoris, or
Muscida Pi-1 Ursae Majoris, or
Muscida Pi-2 Ursae Majoris ...
 See also: Mizar, Ursa Major, Merak, Earth, Delta
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