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'''Sidus Ludoviciana''' is a star in the [[Big Dipper]] constellation, halfway between [[Mizar and Alcor|Mizar]] and [[Mizar and Alcor|Alcor]]. It was discovered on 2 December 1722 by [[Johann Georg Liebknecht]], who mistook it for a planet and named it after [[Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt]]. |
'''Sidus Ludoviciana''' is a 8th-magnitude star in the [[Big Dipper]] constellation, halfway between [[Mizar and Alcor|Mizar]] and [[Mizar and Alcor|Alcor]]. It was discovered on 2 December 1722 by [[Johann Georg Liebknecht]], who mistook it for a planet and named it after [[Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt]]. An line-of-sight companion with Mizar and Alcor (with a spectral type similar to the latter), it is roughly five times more distant. |
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Sidus Ludoviciana is a 8th-magnitude star in the Big Dipper constellation, halfway between Mizar and Alcor. It was discovered on 2 December 1722 by Johann Georg Liebknecht, who mistook it for a planet and named it after Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. An line-of-sight companion with Mizar and Alcor (with a spectral type similar to the latter), it is roughly five times more distant.