he discovered it for his mom
Richard. A. Proctor named Ursa Major in 1869.
Ursa Major IS a constellation.
No. Ursa Major is not on the ecliptic.
Ursa Major does not have a surface. Ursa Major is a constellation. It is therefore a collection of stars. All of those stars would be very different.
Ursa major and Ursa minor.
Richard. A. Proctor named Ursa Major in 1869.
Richard. A. Proctor in 1869
Ursa Major IS a constellation.
Because it looks like a huge bear... Ursa Major=Great Bear
No. Ursa Major is often used as a way to find it, as part of it points towards it, but it is not actually in Ursa Major. It is in fact in Ursa Minor.
You don't "discover" a constellation, for the same reason that you don't discover the Sun or the Moon. The stars that make up the constellation are there to see; at some moment, somebody - the ancient Greeks in the case of the "classical" constellations, including Ursa Major - somebody, then, decided that a certain group of stars look this this or that, and gave it a name.
Ursa Major
Ursa Major
You don't "discover" a constellation, for the same reason that you don't discover the Sun or the Moon. The stars that make up the constellation are there to see; at some moment, somebody - the ancient Greeks in the case of the "classical" constellations, including Ursa Major - somebody, then, decided that a certain group of stars look this this or that, and gave it a name.
No. Ursa Major is not on the ecliptic.
Ursa Major - album - was created in 2005.
No the big dipper is IN Ursa Major and the little dipper is in Ursa Minor