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Ursa Major is a constellation visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere. Its name means the Great Bear in Latin. It is dominated by the widely recognized asterism known as the ...
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Ursa Major, the Greater Bear is the third largest constellation in the sky. What is more familiar however, are the seven stars which make up the rump and tail of this animal. We know them as the Big Dipper, in the United Kingdom, they are known as the Plough.
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Information about the constellation Ursa Major ... Ursa Major is a large sprawling constellation, the third largest in fact. It's mainly known as the home of the Big Dipper (UK: the Plough), certainly the best known asterism in all the heavens. ... Other stars in Ursa Major.
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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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The Great Bear - Genitive: Ursa Majoris Abbreviations: UMa, U Maj Right Ascension, (h): 11 Declination, (deg): 50N ... From Nick Greene, former About.com Guide ... Related Resources to Constellations...
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The constellations Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, and Ursa Major, the Great Bear, are better known as the Small and the Big Dipper. However, Ursa Major extends far more out and only the seven brightest stars give the popular pattern of the Big Dipper.
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Ursa Major, perhaps better than any other group of stars, shows that just about any shape ... On discovering that her husband had given Callisto and Arcas honored places in heaven, Hera was furious. She went down to Earth to visit her friend the ocean god, Oceanus. "How dare Zeus give these two an honored place in heaven?"
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Outline of the constellation Ursa Major ... This picture will give you an idea of the light pollution from the neighbor. The picture was taken with 8 seconds exposure time. The only light from our property is coming from the bathroom window. You can see the small pool of light to the left of the house...
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