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- abbreviation astronomy
Ursa Major - abbreviation astronomy
Ursae Majoris
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There are many examples of the W UMa eclipsing binary variables, whose masses are 0.6 solar masses and if merged, probably forming the R Corona Borealis variables, and are never massive enough when combined to form a SNIa.
Merging White Dwarfs Set Off Supernovae | Universe Today 2010
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This looks like a well done amateur image of M 81 & M 82 in UMa.
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Nevertheless, everything astronomy-related on the arxiv gets put into astro-ph, from models of inflation to light curves of W UMa contact binaries.
astro-ph Rationalized Sean 2009
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The Astronomy & Astrophysics science journal published a paper co-authored by three students who observed the light variations of the faint (19th magnitude) cataclysmic variable EK Ursae Majoris (EK UMa) over two months.
High School Students Get Published in Astrophysics Journal | Universe Today 2009
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The transmission is being directed at a solar system just 42 light years away from Earth with planets that orbit its star ‘47 Ursae Majoris’ UMa.
Archive 2008-03-01 Thatsnews 2008
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47 UMa is located in the ‘Ursa Major’ Constellation, also known as the Great Bear or Plough.
Archive 2008-03-01 Thatsnews 2008
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