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Ursa Major (Latin 'great bear') is an area of the sky, a constellation. Ursa Major may also refer to: * Big Dipper, a pattern of stars (an asterism) within the constellation * Ursa Major I Dwarf and Ursa Major II Dwarf, two nearby dwarf spherical galaxies visible in the constellation * ''Ursa Major'' (Third Eye Blind album), 2009 * ''Ursa Major'' (Eleventh Dream Day album), 1994 * Ursa Major (character), a fictional character * Ursa Major (excavator), a piece of mining equipment * ''Ursa Major'' (sculpture), by William Underhill * Ursa Major Technologies, an American aerospace company * ''Ursa Major'', a Russian ship that sank in the Mediterranean See also * Flag of Alaska The flag of the U.S. state of Alaska displays eight gold stars, forming the Big Dipper and Polaris, on a dark blue field. The Big Dipper is an asterism in the constellation Ursa Major, which symbolizes a bear, indigenous to Alaska. As depicte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major
Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the Northern Sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger) bear", referring to and contrasting it with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD, drawing on earlier works by Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian, and Assyrian astronomers. Today it is the third largest of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa Major is primarily known from the asterism of its main seven stars, which has been called the "Big Dipper", "the Wagon", "Charles's Wain", or "the Plough", among other names. In particular, the Big Dipper's stellar configuration mimics the shape of the " Little Dipper". Two of its stars, named Dubhe and Merak ( α Ursae Majoris and β Ursae Majoris), can be used as the navigational pointer towards the place of the current northern pole star, Polaris in Ursa Mino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Dipper
The Big Dipper (American English, US, Canadian English, Canada) or the Plough (British English, UK, Hiberno-English, Ireland) is an asterism (astronomy), asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them are of second magnitude star, second magnitude and one, Megrez (δ), of third magnitude. Four define a "bowl" or "body" and three define a "handle" or "head". It is recognized as a distinct grouping in many cultures. The North Star (Polaris), the current northern pole star and the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper (Little Bear), can be located by extending an imaginary line through the front two stars of the asterism, Beta Ursae Majoris, Merak (β) and Alpha Ursae Majoris, Dubhe (α). This makes it useful in celestial navigation. Names and places The constellation of ''Ursa Major'' (Latin language, Latin: Greater Bear) has been seen as a bear, a wagon, or a ladle (spoon), ladle. The "bear" tradition is Proto-Indo-European mythology, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major I Dwarf
Ursa Major I Dwarf (UMa I dSph) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered in 2005 within the Ursa Major constellation and is the third least luminous known galaxy. Discovery # It was discovered by Beth Willman, Julianne J. Dalcanton, David Martinez-Delgado, and Andrew A. West in 2005. Properties Being a small dwarf galaxy, it measures only a few thousand light-years in diameter. As of 2006, it is the third least luminous galaxy known (discounting possible dark galaxies such as VIRGOHI21 in the Virgo cluster of galaxies), after the Boötes Dwarf (absolute magnitude −5.7) and the more recently discovered Ursa Major II Dwarf (absolute magnitude −3.8). The absolute magnitude of the galaxy is estimated to be only −6.75, meaning that it is less luminous than some stars, like Deneb in the Milky Way. It is comparable in luminosity to Rigel. It has been described as similar to the Sextans Dwarf Galaxy. Both galaxies are ancient and met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major II Dwarf
Ursa Major II Dwarf (UMa II dSph) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the Ursa Major constellation and discovered in 2006 in the data obtained by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The galaxy is located approximately 30 kpc from the Sun and moves towards the Sun with the velocity of about 116 km/s. It has an elliptical (ratio of axes ~ 2:1) shape with the half-light radius of about 140 pc. Ursa Major II is one of the smallest and faintest satellites of the Milky Way—its integrated luminosity is about 4000 times that of the Sun (absolute visible magnitude of about −4.2), which is much lower than the luminosity of the majority of globular clusters. UMa II is even less luminous than some stars, like Canopus in the Milky Way. It is comparable in luminosity to Bellatrix in Orion. However, its mass is about 5 million solar masses, which means that the galaxy's mass to light ratio is around 2000. This may be an overestimate as the galaxy has a somewhat irregular sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major (Third Eye Blind Album)
''Ursa Major'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Third Eye Blind. Released on August 18, 2009, on the group's own Mega Collider label, ''Ursa Major'' was the group's first studio album in over six years.Graff, Gary"Third Eye Blind Debuts ''Ursa Major'' At SXSW" billboard.com. March 22, 2009Drew, Ian"Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins Talks ''Ursa Major'', Fierce Fans" ''Rolling Stone''. August 11, 2009. The first single from the album was "Don't Believe a Word", which debuted on the radio June 5, 2009. Background Frontman Stephan Jenkins had intended for the album to be released in 2007 but didn't feel that it was complete, and writer's block slowed down the album's progress.Reuter, Annie"Third Eye Blind Back from Hibernation" ''Marie Claire''. Date Unknown. In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Jenkins also noted that the recording industry had "just collapsed" following the release of ''Out of the Vein''. The working title of the album was ''The Hideous Stren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major (Eleventh Dream Day Album)
''Ursa Major'' is an album by the American band Eleventh Dream Day. Released in 1994, it was the band's first album for Atavistic Records. The band supported the album with shows in the Chicago area. "Orange Moon" was released as a single. Production Originally planned as an EP, the album was produced by Brad Wood and John McEntire. It was recorded at Chicago's Idful Studios in March 1994. Bundy K. Brown and McEntire played on ''Ursa Major''. Guitarist "Wink" O'Bannon left the band after the recording sessions. Opening track "History of Brokeback" is an instrumental. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' determined that the album "suffers greatly from a deliberate lack of pop songcraft, though it delivers on a series of textured, slowly unfolding axe workouts." The ''Chicago Tribune'' concluded that "this is music of sweeping atmosphere and drama, and also crushing delicacy, an extended meditation on love, commerce and betrayal"; the paper later listed it as the ninth best album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major (character)
Ursa Major (, Mikhail Uriokovitch Ursus) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a member of the Soviet Super-Soldiers. The character appeared as a human in the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Black Widow'' (2021), portrayed by Olivier Richters. Publication history Ursa Major first appeared in ''The Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #258 (April 1981), and was created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema. Fictional character biography Born in Blagoveshchensk, Mikhail Ursus is one of the first known Soviet mutants to survive past childhood, due to the government killing mutants when their powers first manifested. This is because he was abandoned at a young age and grew up in the forest. Ursus was among the first mutants trained by scientist Piotr Phobos, who convinced the government of the value of superhumans serving the state. Unknown to either side, Phobos had built a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major (excavator)
The Ursa Major (lit. ''Great Bear'') at Black Thunder Coal Mine, Wyoming, is the largest dragline excavator currently in use in North America and the third largest ever built. It is a Bucyrus-Erie 2570WS model and cost US$50 million. The Ursa Major was one of five large walking draglines operated at Black Thunder, with the next two largest in the dragline fleet being Thor, a B-E 1570W - which has a boom and a bucket - and Walking Stick, a B-E 1300W with a boom and a bucket. Specifications Its bucket is , and it has a boom. It weighs .''Modern Marvels'': Earthmovers History Shortly before the scrapping of Big Muskie in 1999, the largest dragline ever built, construction of another ultraheavy dragline excavator commenced. Although not as large as the Big Muskie, the Ursa Major was still a large and substantial excavator. It first began operation around early 2001, the bucket which was newly cast at the time, was delivered at Black Thunder Mine. Operation to deliver the 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major (sculpture)
''Ursa Major'' is a public art work by artist William Underhill formerly located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The trapezoidal abstract sculpture is made of Cor-Ten steel Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...; it was installed on the lawn. References External links Bill Underhill Gallery {{MilwaukeePublicArt 1966 sculptures Outdoor sculptures in Milwaukee Steel sculptures in Wisconsin Abstract sculptures in Wisconsin 1966 establishments in Wisconsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursa Major Technologies
Ursa Major Technologies is an American aerospace company founded in 2015 and based in Berthoud, Colorado. The company produces rocket engines and sells them to space launch and hypersonics companies, and the U.S. Government. The company makes a 5,000-pound thrust liquid oxygen and kerosene Hadley engine, named after a character in Ray Bradbury's ''The Veldt''. It also develops the Ripley engine, with 50,000 pounds of thrust, aimed at the medium-launch market. Its commercial customers include C6 Launch Systems, a Canadian small satellite launcher, and U.S. launch startup Phantom Space. It also works with Generation Orbit Launch Services and with Stratolaunch. In 2017, Ursa Major raised $8 million last with participation from the Space Angels Network. In December 2021 the company closed its largest funding round to date: an $85 million Series C led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. In April 2023 the company had about 270 employees. The company announced that it wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Ursa Major
MV ''Ursa Major'' was a heavy-lift ship that operated from 2009 to 2024. She was built in Germany in 2009 as ''Scan Britania''. She was renamed ''Hyundai Britania'' in 2010; ''EIT Palmina'' in 2011; ''Sparta III'' in 2017; and ''Ursa Major'' in 2021. In 2024 she sank in the western Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, with the loss of two of her 16 crew. At the time of the sinking, the ship was owned by the Russian State corporation (Russia), state corporation Oboronlogistika. Building and description The ship was ordered on 15 September 2008 from Peene-Werft in Wolgast, Germany. of Berne, Germany built and delivered her forward and cargo sections. The ship built as yard number 251. She was keel laying, laid down on 28 January, Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 28 October, and delivered on 14 December 2009. Her length overall was , her Beam (nautical), beam was , and her draft (hull), draught was . Two heavy cranes were mounted on her Port and starboard, port side. Her sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
