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BeskrywingUrsa Major2.jpg	English: Ursa Major, Astronomical chart showing a bear forming the constellation. 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored. Français : La Grande Ourse. Carte astronomique. Gravure coloriée à la main. Türkçe: Büyük Ayı takımyıldızı 1825 yılında kitap çizimi. Elle renklendirilmiş. Deutsch: Das Sternbild Großer Bär von Sidney Hall von 1825. Русский: Астрономическая карта Большой Медведицы.
Datum	1825
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Outeur	Sidney Hall  (1788–1831)     Beskrywing English kartograaf en copper engraver Geboorte- en sterfdatum 1788  1831  Werksplek Groter Londen  Gesagsbeheer : Q7509106 VIAF: 59508906 ISNI: 0000000079761988 LCCN: n89123183 GND: 103754067 SUDOC: 095000704 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q7509106
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Key

Area around Draco:

• γ: Pherkad (Ursa Minor)
• β: Kocab (Ursa Minor)
• Unmarked: η Dra
• θ: θ Dra
• i: Edasich
• a: Thuban
• x: κ Dra
• λ: Giausar

Canes Venatici:

• a: Cor Caroli
• d: Chora

Tail:

• η: Alkid
• g: Alcor
• ζζ: Mizar
• ε: Alioth
• Unmarked: HP63503
• y: HP65728

Hind legs:

• δ: Megrez
• γ: Phad
• χ: χ UMa
• Ψ: Ψ UMa
• ω: ω UMa
• p: HP55266
• v: Alula Borealis
• ξ: Alula Australis
• λ: Tania Borealis
• μ: Tania Australis
• w: HP51658

Body:

• a: Dubhe
• β: Merak
• r: HP53064
• m: HP51814
• l: HP51459
• z: HP52353
• v: HP50933
• k: HP50448
• υ: υ UMa
• x: HP52425

Forelegs:

• E: HP47965
• Φ: Φ UMa
• F: HP47006
• θ: θ UMa
• κ: κ UMa
• i: Talitha
• B: HP45455
• e: e UMa
• f: f UMa

Cameleopardalis:

• q: HP39147
• p: HP39340

Face:

• Unmarked: HP47911
• σ1: σ1 UMa
• σ2: σ2 UMa
• d: d UMa
• ϱ: ϱ UMa
• h: h UMa
• i: HP43903
• π1: π1 UMa
• π2: π2 UMa
• A: HP42080
• v: HP40772
• o: Muscida
• q: 24 Lyn
• b: b UMa
• c: c UMa
• D: HP41676
• τ: τ UMa