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Ursa Minor
The Lesser Bear, The Little Bear, The Little Dipper
Genitive
  Ursae Minoris
Abbreviation
  UMi
Right Ascension
  Circumpolar
Declination
  +65° 36' to +90° 0'
Area (sq deg)
  256
Brightest Star
  Polaris
Optimum Visibility
  Always visible from
  northern latitudes
 A small constellation of the northern sky, famous for the fact that it includes, close to the star Polaris, the Northern Celestial Pole.

Map of Ursa Minor
Relative Galactic Position of Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor, Earth's north polar constellation, carves out a small area of sky well outside the plane of the Milky Way.
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