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The Big Dipper is one of the most recognizable groups of stars in the sky. The pointer stars in the bowl of the dipper point toward the North Star.
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What star does the pointer star of the big dipper point to?
The two pointer stars point to Polaris, the north star
What star do the pointer stars of the bug dipper point to?
The North Star Tail stars
What do the Pointer stars in the bowl of the big dipper point towards?
polaris
What is the big dipper position in polaris?
It is the last star at the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper. The Big Dipper's first two bowl stars (often called the pointer stars) point towards Polaris, but Polaris is not in the Big Dipper.
What does the point on the point star mean?
Perhaps the questioner means the "pointer stars" which are two stars on the Big Dipper which appear to lie on a line connecting them to the North Star.
Are pointer stars part of ursa major?
YES. Ursa Major also contains the big dipper (which is not a constellation, it is an asterism) and the pointer stars are located in the handle of the big dipper.
What are the names of the two pointer stars of the big Dipper?
Merak and Dubhe.
The constellation in which the Pointer Stars are located?
The question is vague. There are many stars called "pointer" stars. For example, two of the stars in Ursa Major lie along a line that passes very near Polaris. A completely different set of stars in Ursa Major form an arc that passes near Regulus. There are plenty of other such astronomical coincidences.
The constellation that contains the pointer stars used to locate Polaris and the North Star is?
Ursa Major is the constellation. The 2 stars in the bowl of the dipper point to Polaris. Polaris IS the North Star.
What star pattern points to polaris?
The Big Dipper, or Ursa Major has two stars (sometimes called the pointer stars) which line up directly with Polaris. Those two stars, at the "lip" edge of the Big Dipper, are Dubhe and Merak. Merak is at the "bottom" of the Big Dipper, and Dubhe is right at the "lip".
Which star do the pointer stars point to?
Merak and Dubhe, often referred to as the pointer stars, point to Polaris, which many people know as the North Star.
How can you find polaris using the big dipper?
The two stars in the front of the bowl of the Big Dipper point to Polaris.
