Alkaid
noun
Al·kaid
variants:
or less commonly Alcaid \ ˌal-ˈkād 
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Definition of Alkaid
astronomy
: a bluish-white star of the second magnitude that marks the end of the handle of the Big Dipper
Next, I targeted NGC 5448, a … spiral located just east of the bright star Alkaid at the tail of Ursa Major, close to the Bootes border.— William A. McLaughlin, Astronomy, February 1997
— called also Eta Ursae Majoris
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