Hello everyone! I am Kripita Srivastava, a middle school student. I have been assigned with the star Alioth.
Alioth, also called Epsilon Ursae Majoris, is a star in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. Epsilon Ursae Majoris is 81 light-years (25 parsecs) from the Sun. Its spectral type is A1p. It has long been suspected that Epsilon Ursae Majoris is a spectroscopic binary, possibly with more than one companion. The traditional name Alioth comes from the Arabic alyat al-hamal (“the sheep’s fat tail”). Its apparent magnitude is 1.77.