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Sidus Ludoviciana

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Sidus Ludoviciana is a 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.