Megrez

Megrez, also known as Delta Ursae Majoris, was a single star system in the Alpha Quadrant. The proper name of this system's primary was Megrez. It was a third-magnitude blue-white star. (ENT: "Cold Front")

History

In 2256, just before the Battle of the Binary Stars, this star was displayed on a computer display monitoring the warp signatures of incoming Klingon starships aboard the USS Shenzhou. (DIS: "The Vulcan Hello", "Battle at the Binary Stars")

The display showed part of the Big Dipper segment of Ursa Major.

Stellar cartography

The Megrez system was visible from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was one of the dimmest stars in its constellation and was approximately 80.5 light years from Sol.

In 2151, this system's position was labeled on an United Earth star chart which was displayed in Daniels' quarters aboard the Enterprise. (ENT: "Cold Front")

This star system was only mentioned in writing.
Information on this system was derived from the reference works Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library and real-world sources. The reference works were used extensively in the creation of star charts seen in Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Lower Decks. The real-world information added to the article was current as of 2025.

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