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"The Plough", "Butcher's Cleaver", "Charlie's Waggon" or "Great Bear (Ursa Major)"
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∙ 13y agoURSA major (Big Bear)
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What is the big dipper myth?
1. It's not a constellation. 2. It's an asterism, which happens to be PART of a constellation, the Great Bear. 3. Asterisms can also be BIGGER than constellations and include several of them, as the "Summer Triangle" includes the Lyre, the Swan and the Eagle. 4. It's used to find the North Star, but this won't always be the case. 4a. For one thing, the Earth's slow wobble (called "precession") means in a few thousand years, Polaris won't be the North Star any more; 4b. For another, the proper motion of the stars of the Dipper means that the "pointer" stars won't always be pointing to Polaris. 5. Many cultures recognize the Big Dipper, but they call it different things: sometimes it's a drinking gourd (Africa); a bear (!) pursued by three Indians (America) or a wagon (Europe) or a plough (also Europe).
How does the big dipper change with the seasons?
From the viewpoint of the Earth, all the constellations 'revolve' around Polaris (the North star. As the Earth orbits the sun, its relative position to the constellations changes - and they appear to move across the night-sky.
A good main idea for constellations?
1-The constellations is a group of stars combined together and making shapes. 2- I found 88 constellations in the sky . 3-They have many names like :•Little Dipper •Orion •Bootes •Scorpio •Leo 4-first, I feel that it in not a group of stars I think that it is a drawing in the sky. 5-
When is the constellation Leo visible in the south?
The head, mane, and heart of the lion (Regulus) start to rise in the eastern sky at sunset around the middle of February.From then on, his front half climbs higher in the sky and the rest of the body comes into view as the days go on, since every star reaches the same position in the sky about 4 minutes earlier each night, or about 1 hour earlier every 2 weeks.
How big do brown recluse spiders get?
They get up to 1/4 to 3/4 in. per length but be careful, they are dangerous.
What are 4 names for ursa minor?
little dipper
How many star form the bowl of the Big Dipper?
4
Are ther 4 stars inn the big dipper bowl?
yes and three for the handle
What stars make up big dipper?
Seven stars make up the Big Dipper - from bowl to handle: 1)Dubhe 2) Merak 3)Phecda 4)Megrez 5)Alioth 6) Mizar (and Alcor) 7) Alkaid
How was big dipper made?
The big dipper is shaped like a pan, which in the past was called a dipper. Dippers were used to scoop up water. It gets the big part from being bigger than the little dipper, another constellation.
What are the names of the 4 big cats in the amazon?
none soon there chopin' it down!
How many brothers and sisters does the big dipper have?
4 sisters and 2 brothers Barbara Lewis, Margaret Lane, Selina Gross, Yvonne Chamberlain and brothers Wilbert and Oliver Chamberlain.
What is the motion of the big dipper over the course of a year?
Viewed from anywhere in the USA, the Big Dipper makes a complete revolutionaround the North Star ... like the hands of a clock ... every day.On the scale of a year, it reaches any certain position about 4 minutes earlierevery night, so that in the course of a year, it reaches that position 24 hoursearlier than it did 365 nights before.
What is the big dipper myth?
1. It's not a constellation. 2. It's an asterism, which happens to be PART of a constellation, the Great Bear. 3. Asterisms can also be BIGGER than constellations and include several of them, as the "Summer Triangle" includes the Lyre, the Swan and the Eagle. 4. It's used to find the North Star, but this won't always be the case. 4a. For one thing, the Earth's slow wobble (called "precession") means in a few thousand years, Polaris won't be the North Star any more; 4b. For another, the proper motion of the stars of the Dipper means that the "pointer" stars won't always be pointing to Polaris. 5. Many cultures recognize the Big Dipper, but they call it different things: sometimes it's a drinking gourd (Africa); a bear (!) pursued by three Indians (America) or a wagon (Europe) or a plough (also Europe).
Where in the sky is the big dipper found?
If you live in the NW Direction, you may go out of your house, and right in front of you, you will see 3 stars in one row and 4 stars shaped like a bowl.
What are five names for the number 2.25?
what are five other names for 2.25.
What are some other names for a 4-sided regular polygon?
square because it has 4 sides
