You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZAlioth
noun
Al·i·oth
ˈa-lē-ˌäth
astronomy
: a variable star of the first magnitude that is seen in the handle of the Big Dipper and is one of the two brightest stars in that constellation
Alioth, otherwise known as HD 112185, is a variable star with a very well-defined period, its brightness changing by 0.03 magnitude every 5.09 days.—
Shireen Gonzaga, Astronomy, December 1991
called also Epsilon Ursae Majoris
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