Mizar

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78.22 light years
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**Constellation Friends**

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About Ursa Major:
To find the constellation Ursa Major, you have to find the North Star first. Then you take two fingers and hold them apart. (the length of your fingertip.) Start out with them on the North Star. Move your fingers down five times to get to Ursa Major.

Mythology of Ursa Major:
The mythology of Ursa Major tells about Callisto, a servant of the hunter Artemis was to bear a child of Zeus. Artemis banished Callisto for impurity. Callisto had the child and named the child Arcas. Zeus' wife was very jealous and in return, turned Callisto into a bear. Arcas grew up to become a hunter, and one day when he was hunting, Callisto heard Aecas' voice and rushed to greet him. Arcas, not knowing that this bear was his mother, was about to kill her when Zeus intervened and sent them both into the sky, where they are today.

Parallax: Distance= 1 divided by the paralax angle
1.) Look at a star from two different locations. (opposite sides of sun) 2.) Measure the angle distance as the star appeared to move. 3.) Convert your angle by dividing by 1.

__23.98__pc(__3.262ly)__ = 78.22ly 1pc 1pc