The star’s traditional name, Pherkad, is derived from the Arabic farqad, meaning “calf,” short for the phrase aḫfa al farkadayn, which means “the dim one of the two calves.” Yildun – δ Ursae Minoris (Delta Ursae Minoris) Follow up from Orion’s knees past his belt to find his shoulders. His shoulder on your left is a red giant star called Betelgeuse. The shoulder on the right is a star called Bellatrix. The star’s traditional name, Yildun, comes from the Turkish word for “star,” yıldız. The name is sometimes also spelled Vildiur, Jildun, Yilduz and Gildun. Akhfa al Farkadain – ζ Ursae Minoris (Zeta Ursae Minoris)

Orion can be seen from the UK from September, however only after 02:00. His rising in the sky gets earlier and earlier - by December he is visible after 19:00 and by January he is visible from dusk. Orion starts low in the eastern sky in December, by February it has moved to the south and is still visible in the early evening in the western sky until April. Mother Bear (voiced by Janet-Laine Green) is Little Bear's mother. She enjoys cooking and is always there to help Little Bear if he needs it. She also seems to be very tidy and does not like it when the house becomes messy. She normally wears a pink shirt and a blue skirt with a white apron. Father Bear (voiced by Dan Hennessey) is Little Bear's father and Mother Bear's husband. He is a fisherman and sometimes takes Little Bear out fishing. He has been to many places and likes to keep things that are old, even if they have to be thrown away. He usually wears a blue suit with a purple tie and brown shoes. Throughout the run of the show, he is sporadically absent, as he is away, fishing. In 2015, Little Bear was added to the Noggin app, which streams shows from the classic Noggin channel.Delta Ursae Minoris is a white main sequence dwarf of the spectral type A1V, approximately 183 light years from Earth. It has a visual magnitude of 4.35. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p.362. ISBN 9781538103746. Kochab, Beta Ursae Minoris, is a giant star belonging to the spectral type K4 III. It has a visual magnitude of 2.08 and is 130.9 light years distant from the solar system. It is the brightest star in the bowl of the Little Dipper. Epsilon Ursae Minoris is approximately 347 light years distant from Earth. Deep sky objects in Ursa Minor Ursa Minor Dwarf (PGC 54074, UGC 9749) Ursa Minor constellation lies in the northern sky. The constellation’s name means “the smaller bear,” or “the lesser bear,” in Latin. The Great Bear constellation is represented by its larger neighbor Ursa Major.

On December 15, 2014, Treehouse TV released all seasons of the show, as well as the movie, free to watch on the Official Little Bear YouTube channel. [8] The star’s traditional name, Anwar al Farkadain, comes from the Arabic phrase ’anwar al-farqadayn, which means “the brighter of the two calves.” ε Ursae Minoris (Epsilon Ursae Minoris) I hate cooking but love the idea of being a good cook and welcoming all my friends and family to delicious meals. So I have lots of beautiful cookery books but I never get past the first couple of recipes. Every so often I get madly enthusiastic all over again, but it doesn't last. Grandmother Bear (voiced by Diane D'Aquila) is Little Bear's maternal grandmother and Mother Bear's mother. She likes to cook and tell stories. Mermaid is a mermaid whom Little Bear occasionally meets when he goes to the lake. She is friendly and takes Little Bear to see places underwater. Owl and Emily have also met Mermaid.

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The brightest component in the Alpha UMi system is a bright giant (II) or supergiant (Ib) star belonging to the spectral class F8. It has a mass six times that of the Sun. Alpha UMi B, or Polaris B, discovered by William Herschel in 1780, is a main sequence star of the spectral type F3, and Alpha UMi Ab is a dwarf star in a very close orbit. Every half-hour episode of Little Bear is divided into three seven-minute segments. Most segments are new stories, but some are retellings of Else Holmelund Minarik's books (both she and Sendak were "closely involved in the creative process" when developing the new stories). [5] The constellation is believed to have been created by Thales of Miletus, a philosopher and astronomer who lived between 625 and 545 BC and was known as one of the Seven Sages of Greece (early 6th century philosophers known for their wisdom). It is also possible that Thales merely introduced the constellation to the Greeks. He was believed to be descended from a Phoenician family, and Phoenicians frequently used Ursa Minor in navigation because, lying so close to the North Pole, the constellation was an excellent guide to true north. The Greeks sometimes called the constellation the Phoenician. Before it became known as the Little Bear ( Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος), Ursa Minor was known as the Dog’s Tail, or Cynosura (originally Κυνόσουρα in Greek). Facts, location and map Following upwards and slightly to the left from Betelgeuse there are three stars that make a ‘Y’ shape that makes up his right arm. There are then two stars that are slightly to the right of these stars that make up Orion’s club. The star’s traditional name comes from the Arabic al-kawkab, which means “the star” and is short for al-kawkab al-šamāliyy, or “the north star.” Pherkad – γ Ursae Minoris (Gamma Ursae Minoris)

Granny (voiced by Kay Hawtrey) is Emily's grandmother, with whom she and her parents live with in the summer and then permanently, has traveled the world, and has many odd pieces of furniture. She is the owner of Tutu.

Ursa Minor is the 56th constellation in size, occupying an area of 256 square degrees. It is located in the third quadrant of the northern hemisphere (NQ3) and can be seen at latitudes between +90° and -10°. The neighboring constellations are Camelopardalis, Cepheus and Draco. Epsilon Ursae Minoris is a triple star system consisting of Epsilon Ursae Minoris A, a yellow G-type giant which is also classified as an eclipsing spectroscopic binary star, and another component, the 11th magnitude star Epsilon Ursae Minoris B, which is orbiting the primary binary star system from a distance of 77 arc seconds.