1. alioth - Noun
2. Alioth - Proper noun
A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl in the Dipper.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to one version of their myth, the first hunter (Alioth) is carrying a bow and arrow to strike down the bear. Source: Internet
In addition, a rotation axis at an angle to the magnetic axis may be spinning different bands of magnetically sorted elements into the line of sight between Alioth and the Earth. Source: Internet
The intervening elements react differently at different frequencies of light as they whip in and out of view, causing Alioth to have very strange spectral lines that fluctuate over a period of 5.1 days. Source: Internet