Stella Ludoviciana

Summary

Stella Ludoviciana, also known as HD 116798, is an 8th-magnitude star in the asterism of the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major, halfway between Mizar and Alcor. A line-of-sight companion with Mizar and Alcor, it is roughly four times more distant. It has the spectral type A8/F0 III. That spectral class suggests it is a giant star, but evolutionary models place it on the main sequence.