Star lore of all ages; a collection of myths, legends, and facts concerning the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere (1911)
Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 486
hese four stars forming the bowl of the Dipper werecalled by the Arabs the coach of the children of the litter.They form the hind quarters of the Bear, the frame of theBier, the Plough, and the Wain. £ Urs£e Majoris bears the name Alioth. According toGore, this is a corruption of an Arabic word… … Q H Ursa Major, the Greater Bear 363 ^, also called Mizar, is the most interesting of all thestars of the Dipper. Maunder says that in every way itis the first of double stars. The fourth magnitude starAlcor forms with it a naked eye double, and it has a closercompanion visible in the telescope.…
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