Polaris (α UMi) - Once known as the "leading star in the sky," it has another name - the North Star. In seas, deserts, and wastelands, it was the only indicator of the north in ancient times, before the invention of the compass. We can easily find it by drawing a line connecting the stars Merak and Dubhe, which form the back wheels of the Big Dipper, and extending it four times in the direction of the line. This will lead us to Polaris, which is located at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper.

Polárka (α UMi) - once known as the "leading star in the sky" has another name - the North Star. In seas, deserts, and wastelands, it was the only indicator of the north in ancient times, before the invention of the compass. We can easily find it by drawing a line connecting the stars Merak and Dubhe, which form the back wheels of the Big Dipper, and extending it four times in the direction of the line. This will lead us to Polaris, which is located at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper.

Pherkad (γ UMi) - The "Blue-White" second star of the Little Dipper, near which the orange star 11 Ursae minoris is located. The Arabs called it Pherkad - "two calves", later distinguishing between Pherkad Maior (3.05 mag) and Pherkad Minor (5.02 mag). They form only an optical double star, with their components being separated by 480 and 390 light-years, respectively.

η UMi - Optical double star, whose main white component is located 97 light-years away from us. When observing with the naked eye and a telescope, we can also see the second component of 19 Ursa Minor and its distant companion (magnitude 5.5), which is almost seven times further away from it.

π1 UMi - The binary star, with the primary component being yellow (6.6 mag) and the companion being white (7.3 mag), is located at a mutual distance of 31.1" and actually completes an orbit every 150 years. The stellar field around it is composed of a chain of relatively bright stars, forming a circle and an arc of three fainter stars.