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Kawkab Marrakech Players
Kawkab (also spelled Kaukab or Kokab) may refer to: * Kochab, a star in the constellation Ursa Minor Places Lebanon * Kaukaba, a village in the Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon Israel/Palestine * Kaukab Abu al-Hija, a village in the Galilee, northern Israel * Kawkab al-Hawa - a depopulated Palestinian village in the Jordan Valley, northern Israel * Kawkaba - a depopulated Palestinian village in the Gaza subdistrict Syria * Kaukab es-Soueid - in Salamiyah District of the Hama Governorate, SSE of Hama on the road to Palmyra *Kawkab, Hama - village in Hama Governorate, north of Hama *Kawkab, Rif Dimashq - village in Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate *Nahiya_al-Hasakah#Kawkab_military_base, Kawkab military base - a military base in Al-Hasakah Governorate Yemen * Kawkab, Yemen, village in Yemen Other *''Kawkab al-durriya li-akhbār Ifrīqiya'', a 1913 Arabic history of East Africa * Kawkab Marrakech, an association football club in Morocco *Kaukab Stewart, Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kochab
Kochab , Bayer designation Beta Ursae Minoris (β Ursae Minoris, abbreviated β UMi, Beta UMi), is the brightest star in the bowl of the Little Dipper asterism (which is part of the constellation of Ursa Minor), and only slightly fainter than Polaris, the northern pole star and brightest star in Ursa Minor. Kochab is 16 degrees from Polaris and has an apparent visual magnitude of 2.08. The distance to this star from the Sun can be deduced from the parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, yielding a value of . Amateur astronomers can use Kochab as a precise guide for equatorial mount alignment: The celestial north pole is located 38 arcminutes away from Polaris, very close to the line connecting Polaris with Kochab. Nomenclature ''β Ursae Minoris'' ( Latinised to ''Beta Ursae Minoris'') is the star's Bayer designation. It bore the traditional name ''Kochab'', which appeared in the Renaissance and has an uncertain meaning. It may be from or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |