Abstract. The structure of the central part of the UMa stellar kinematic group was considered according to the data from Hipparcos, Tycho and ACT catalogues. We have shown that in the space occupied by the nucleus there are several populations of stars. The first includes ten stars which are very compactly located in the proper motion diagram and have a normal proper motion distribution. The second group includes six stars with large kinematic difference and there are six field stars placed here too. The question about their coexistence in a common region of space remains open. The well-known stars Mizar and Alcor appear to belong to the different subsystems and do not belong to a unique stellar system. The published radial velocities, as a rule, are determined with insufficient accuracy compared to the errors of the currently available proper motions. A high precision in the radial velocities measurements is necessary for a thorough study of the kinematics of stars inside UMa star system.

Aims. We study the kinematic structure of peripheral areas of the Ursa Majoris stream (Sirius supercluster). Methods. We use diagrams of individual stellar apexes developed by us and the classical technique of proper motion diagrams generalized to a star sample distributed over the sky. Results. Out of 128 cluster members we have identified three corona (sub)structures comprised of 13, 13 and 8 stars. The substructures have a spatial extension comparable to the size of the corona. Kinematically, these groups are distinguished by their proper motions, radial velocities and by the directions of their spatial motion. Coordinates of their apexes significantly differ from those of the apexes of the stream and its nucleus. Our analysis shows that these substructures do not belong to known kinematic groups, such as Hyades or Castor. We find kinematic inhomogeneity of the corona of the UMa stream.

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