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Rollover photo with descriptions of all of the stars within. ... The Big Dipper is one of the most distinctive asterisms in the sky. Hold your mouse cursor over the image to see the names of the stars that make up the asterism and some of the prominent deep-sky objects nearby.
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www.astropix.com/HTML/C_SPRING/BIGDIP.HTM
www.astropix.com/HTML/C_SPRING/BIGDIP.HTM
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Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Pointers, Pointer Stars, Polaris, The North Star, North Star ... The Big Dipper is an asterism that makes up part of the constellation of Ursa Major, The Big Bear. It is seen here at the lower left of the image. The Little Dipper, part of the constellation of Ursa Minor,
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www.astropix.com/HTML/C_SPRING/URSAS.HTM
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Big Dipper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Plough or the Big Dipper is an asterism of seven stars that has been recognized as a distinct grouping in many cultures from time immemorial. The comprising stars are the seven brightest of th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dipper
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Asterism: The Big Dipper (Plough, Drinking Gourd) ... Finding other constellations using the Big Dipper ... Ursa Major (Big Bear) is the third largest of the 88 officially-recognized constellations. Several stars form a smaller asterism within the constellation, variously called the "Big Dipper" (America), "Plough" (Britain),
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homepage.mac.com/kvmagruder/bcp/aster/general/dipper.ht...
homepage.mac.com/kvmagruder/bcp/aster/general/dipper.htm
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The constellation Ursa Major contains the group of stars commonly called the Big Dipper. The handle of the Dipper is the Great Bear's tail and the Dipper's cup is the Bear's flank. The Big Dipper is not a constellation itself, but an asterism, which is a distinctive group of stars.
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www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations...
www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Ursa_Major.html
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This week, as darkness descends, the stars of the Big Dipper are almost directly overhead. ... Most people regard the Big Dipper as the leading star group in our hemisphere of the sky, and most astronomy books often use it as a jumping-off place for locating other stars and constellations;
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www.space.com/spacewatch/050610_big_dipper.html
www.space.com/spacewatch/050610_big_dipper.html
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Spacewatch Friday: The Big Dipper: Ancient and Modern Intrigue ; By Joe Rao; Special to SPACE.com; posted: 07:00 am ET; 21 June 2002; ... The fact that the Big Dipper, now nearly overhead for most northern observers during the mid-to-late evening hours, formed a bear to American Indians and to cultures of the Old World...
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www.space.com/spacewatch/big_dipper_020621.html
www.space.com/spacewatch/big_dipper_020621.html
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Long ago, the Great Bear wandered freely throughout the sky. His massive paws took him far across the unlimited ceiling of the world. He hunted and fished, finding food there in the many ... He did not know that three young braves had discovered him feeding that spring. ... Without warning, the braves ran out after the bear,
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www.angelfire.com/ny5/spiritsong/IroquoisBigDipper.html
www.angelfire.com/ny5/spiritsong/IroquoisBigDipper.html
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