czsky/en/star/hr5735.md

name	constellation	created_by	created_date	updated_by	updated_date
Pherkad (γ UMi)	UMi	8mag	2022-01-21 17:00:00	skybber	2022-02-08 15:22:26.397611

The "blue and white" second wheel of the Little Chariot, near which is the orange star 11 Ursae minoris. The Arabs called them Pherkad - "two calves", later they began to distinguish Pherkad Maior (3.05 mag) and Pherkad Minor (5.02 mag). They form only an optical binary star, whose components are 480 and 390 light years apart, respectively.