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Alcor
[ al-kawr ]
- a star, the fifth-magnitude companion of Mizar in the handle of the Big Dipper.
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Origin of Alcor1
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Example Sentences
Though it was the longtime leader in cryonics, Alcor was still a small nonprofit.
To be able to see Alcor with the naked eye means that one has excellent eyesight.
A person with good eyesight can see quite near to it a fifth magnitude star, known under the name of Alcor.
Alcor is indeed distant from Mizar by about one-third the apparent diameter of the moon, yet no one would think so!
The naked eye perceives near it a smaller star, named Alcor.
Just above it is a very small star that astronomers call Alcor, or the rider.
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