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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/Ursa_Major.html
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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.
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www.dibonsmith.com/uma_con.htm
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Ursa Major - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major
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Ursa Major is a good starting point to find other stars and constellation in the sky (see "how to find constellations"): Following the line leading from alpha UMa to beta UMa, one can find easily the pole star (Polaris, alphastar of the Little Bear).
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www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/ursamajor.html
www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/ursamajor.html
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Ursa Major is probably the most famous constellation, with the exception of Orion. Also known as the Great Bear, it has a companion called Ursa Minor, or Little Bear. The body and tail of the bear make up what is known as the Big Dipper.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Constellations/circumpolar/ursa_major.html
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The best known part of the large constellation of Ursa Major is shown in the above photography. It is famous as the Big Dipper (see lines) or the Plough, but as part of the Greater Bear it represents the back and tail of the bear (see a full view here).
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www.allthesky.com/constellations/ursamajor/
www.allthesky.com/constellations/ursamajor/
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Ursa Major, perhaps better than any other group of stars, shows that just about any shape one wants to imagine can be assigned to the constellation--a plow, wagon, coffin, bear, or even a reindeer, as the people of Lapland imagined the constellation.
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www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/ursamajor....
www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/ursamajor.html
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