Ursa Major

UMa star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope)

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Star Names

al-Ẓibā’, «°les Gazelles°» (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)

al-Ẓibā’, « les Gazelles » (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2024)

al-Ẓibā’ in Roland Laffitte, Le ciel des Arabes, p. 112-113.

ο2ρπ2σ2d UMa +αβ CVn + α/31 Lyn
	Arabic	French	English	Author
	al-Ẓibā’	les Gazelles	the Gazelles	Qutayba
Lyn	Ğanūbī ’l-Ḍibā’ [p/ al-Ẓibā’]	l’Australe des Gazelles	the southern one of the Gazelles	Miṣrī
31 Lyn	Mutaq. al-Ḍibā’ [p/ al-Ẓibā’]	l’Antérieure des Gazelles	the front one of the Gazelles	Miṣrī
38 Lyn	Šamālī ’l-Ḍibā’   [en fait : al-Ẓibā’]	la Boréale des Hyènes   [en fait : les Gazelles]	the northern one of of the Hyena	Miṣrī
46, 21+β LMi
	Awlād al-Ẓibā’	les Petits des Gazelles	the small one of the Gazelles	Qutayba
	Awlād al-Ġizlān	idem		Ṣūfī
τhυφθef UMa
	al-Ḥawḍ	l’Abreuvoir	the Water Trough	Qutayba
	al-ᶜUnq	l’Assemblée	the Meeting	Qutayba
ικλμνξ UMa
	Qafazāt al-Ẓibā’	les Sauts	the Jumps	Qutayba
	al-Qafazāt	les Sauts [des Gazelles]	the Jumps (of the Gazelles)	Qutayba
	Qafazāt al-Ġizlān	les Sauts des Gazelles	The Jumps of the Gazelles	Ṣūfī
	al-Qawāfiz	les Bondissantes	the Bouncings	Marzūqī
	Baqarāt al-Ẓibā’	les Gazelles femelles	the female Gazelles	Fāris
νξ UMa	al-Qafazat al-Ūlā	le 1er Saut	First Jump	Ṣūfī
λμ UMa	al-Qafazat al-Ṯāniyya	le 2nd Saut	Second Jump	Ṣūfī
ικ UMa	al-Qafazat al-Ṯāliṯa	le 3ème Saut	Third Jump	Ṣūfī
ι UMa	Šamālī ’l-Qafazat al-Ūlā   [en fait : al-Ṯāliṯa]	la Boréale du 1er Saut   [en fait : le 3ème]	the northern one of the first jump	Miṣrī
κ UMa	Ğanūbī ’l-Qafazat al-Ūlā   [en fait : al-Ṯāliṯa]	l’Australe du Premier Saut   [en fait : le 3ème]	the southern one of the first jump	Miṣrī
λ UMa	[Šamālī] ’l-Q. al-Ṯāniyya	[la Boréale] du 2nd Saut	(the northern one) of the second jump	Miṣrī
μ UMa	Ğanūbī ’l-Q al-Ṯāniyya	l’Australe du 2nd Saut	the southern one of the second jump	Miṣrī
ξ UMa	Ğanūbī ’l-Q. al-Ṯāliṯa   [en fait : al- Ūlā]	l’Australe du 3ème Saut   [en fait le 1er]	the southern one of the third jump	Miṣrī

Weblinks

• Ridpath, Ian, “Star Tales: online edition”.

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)