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MEGREZ
Magnitude
3.44
Spectral Type
A0 (green)
Distance
TBD Light Years
Right Ascension
TBDh TBDm
Declination
+TBD
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TBD'
"
UMa MEGREZ,
from the Arabic
Maghriz adh-Dhanab ad-Dubb al-Akbarm
, 'the root of the tail of the greater bear'."
From "Pronunciations, Derivations, and Meanings of a Selected List of Star Names",
Popular Astronomy
, January 1944, by George A. Davis jr.