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Mizar
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Mi·zar  (mzär)
n.
The double star in the middle of the handle of the Big Dipper.

[Arabic mi'zar, cloak, Mizar, from 'azara, to surround; see zr in Semitic roots.]

Mizar [ˈmaɪzɑː]
n
(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) a multiple star having four components that lies in the Plough in the constellation Ursa Major and forms a visible binary with the star Alcor. Visual magnitude: 2.1; spectral type: A2V
[from Arabic mi'zar cloak]


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