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Is the Dubhe star a red giant?

Dubhe is not a red giant but rather a subgiant star. It is the brightest star in the Big Dipper asterism and is classified as an evolved F-type subgiant star.


What is the color of the star dubhe?

Dubhe is the traditional name for Alpha Ursae Majoris, a star system in the Plough constellation (Big Dipper). The main star is a orange/red supergiant, but two other smaller yellowish white stars are also part of the same system.


What kind of star is the Dubhe?

Alpha Ursae Majoris (α UMa / α Ursae Majoris) is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major (despite its Bayer designation of "alpha"). It also has the traditional name Dubhe. It forms part of the Big Dipper (also known in English as the Plough or the Great Bear), and is the northern of the pointers, the two stars of Ursa Major which point towards Polaris. However, it is not part of the Ursa Major moving group. Instead, it is an evolved helium-burning star, about 124 light years away. It is a multiple star, orbited by a main sequence companion, Dubhe B, at a distance of about 23 astronomical units (AU), as well as a close pair, Dubhe C, at a distance of about 8000 AU. The traditional name comes from the Arabic for "bear", dubb, from the phrase ظهر الدب الاكبر‎żahr ad-dubb al-akbar "the back of the Greater Bear".


What is the temperature of Dubhe?

Dubhe is a star in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 124 light-years away from Earth. It has a surface temperature of around 5,800 degrees Celsius (10,500 degrees Fahrenheit).


Which star do the pointer stars point to?

Merak and Dubhe, often referred to as the pointer stars, point to Polaris, which many people know as the North Star.

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How do you pronounce the star dubhe?

The star Dubhe is pronounced "DOO-bee." It is the second-brightest star in the constellation Ursa Major, also known as the Big Dipper.


What are the name of the pointer star?

Merak and Dubhe


Is the Dubhe star a red giant?

Dubhe is not a red giant but rather a subgiant star. It is the brightest star in the Big Dipper asterism and is classified as an evolved F-type subgiant star.


How old is the star Dubhe?

11,000 years old


What is the color of the star dubhe?

Dubhe is the traditional name for Alpha Ursae Majoris, a star system in the Plough constellation (Big Dipper). The main star is a orange/red supergiant, but two other smaller yellowish white stars are also part of the same system.


What kind of star is the Dubhe?

Alpha Ursae Majoris (α UMa / α Ursae Majoris) is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Major (despite its Bayer designation of "alpha"). It also has the traditional name Dubhe. It forms part of the Big Dipper (also known in English as the Plough or the Great Bear), and is the northern of the pointers, the two stars of Ursa Major which point towards Polaris. However, it is not part of the Ursa Major moving group. Instead, it is an evolved helium-burning star, about 124 light years away. It is a multiple star, orbited by a main sequence companion, Dubhe B, at a distance of about 23 astronomical units (AU), as well as a close pair, Dubhe C, at a distance of about 8000 AU. The traditional name comes from the Arabic for "bear", dubb, from the phrase ظهر الدب الاكبر‎żahr ad-dubb al-akbar "the back of the Greater Bear".


Why are Dubhe and Merak called pointers?

because they have three star in the solar by melinda Myers


What is the temperature of Dubhe?

Dubhe is a star in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 124 light-years away from Earth. It has a surface temperature of around 5,800 degrees Celsius (10,500 degrees Fahrenheit).


What 2 stars in the big dipper point to the north star?

The two stars in the Big Dipper that point to the North Star are Dubhe and Merak. If you draw a line from Merak to Dubhe and continue that line onward, it will lead you to the North Star, also known as Polaris.


Which star do the pointer stars point to?

Merak and Dubhe, often referred to as the pointer stars, point to Polaris, which many people know as the North Star.


What is the mythology behind dubhe the star?

there is a cookie, it was hit by another cookie, and flew in the sky so fast and far it lit on fire


What is the brightest star in big dipper?

The Ark is the brightest star in the big dipper