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there are 5 stars in the big dipper's bowl.
there is about 1800 in the Big dipper!
There are stars that make up the Big Dipper, an asterism which is part of the constellation Ursa Major.Names are in order from the bowl to the handle:DubheMerakPhecdaMegrezAliothMizarAlkaidNuketon
The big dipper is not real, it is a pattern of stars seen from our vantage point.
yes and three for the handle
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.
there are 5 stars in the big dipper's bowl.
The two stars in the front of the bowl of the Big Dipper point to Polaris.
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.
there is about 1800 in the Big dipper!
There are stars that make up the Big Dipper, an asterism which is part of the constellation Ursa Major.Names are in order from the bowl to the handle:DubheMerakPhecdaMegrezAliothMizarAlkaidNuketon
The big dipper is not real, it is a pattern of stars seen from our vantage point.
yes and three for the handle
There are THREE stars of the Big Dipper's handle - Alkaid (the end of the handle), Mizar (and tiny Alcor next to it - barely visible), and Alioth.
Four: Phecda, Megrez, Merak, Dubhe
The "Drinking Gourd" is an alternate name of the Big Dipper, an asterism (star formation) in the northern sky. The dipper stars in the "bowl" of the Big Dipper point to Polaris, the pole star. Walking towards the pole star (following the Drinking Gourd) takes you northwards.