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PHECDA
Magnitude
2.54
Spectral Type
A0 (green)
Distance
88 Light Years
Right Ascension
11h 51.2m
Declination
+53
o
58'
"
UMa PHECDA,
from the Arabic
Fakhidh ad-Dubb al-Akbar
, 'the thigh 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.