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Stars are scattered randomly across the sky. Apart from the rare exceptions, the stars that make up constellations have absolutely nothing to do with each other except that they're close to the same direction from the solar system. The stars which make up the Big Dipper are actually hundreds of light years away from each other. They just look like they are close together, because the naked eye cannot discern the actual magnitude or distance.
AnswerThe stars that make up this constellation are: Merak, Dubhe, Megrez, Mizar, Alioth, Al Caid, Al Cor.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoWe use the word "asterism" for a grouping of stars that isn't one of the 88 "official" constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union, the IAU. The most famous asterism is the central part of Ursa Major; we call it the "big dipper".
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∙ 15y agoUrsa Major includes the Big Dipper asterism. It is visible in the northern hemisphere most of the year, most of the night. Occasionally the handle of the Big Dipper may dip below the horizon, but the pan is generally always above it from most anywhere in the United States. The further south one travels, the lower the pole star is on the horizon.
In other words, Ursa Major will be a northern constellation. Look towards the north.
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∙ 10y agoThere is only one Ursa Major, which can be seen best from the northern hemisphere.
Ursa Major is a constellation. So, it's an example of a constellation, if that's what you meant.
The "big dipper" is an example of a star pattern within the constellation.
Ursa major just means "great (as in large) (female) bear" in Latin, so technically I suppose female Kodiaks and polar bears are examples of ursae majorae.
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∙ 11y agoIts called the big dipper because it resembles a giant spoon or ladle.
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The Big Dipper is not Ursa Major. It's a recognizable group of relatively
bright stars that is only a small part of the Ursa Major constellation.
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∙ 13y agoConstellations.
Perhaps more particularly, Ursa Major and Draco are "circumpolar constellations", because they never set. Which constellations are circumpolar varies by latitude, but these two are close enough to the north pole that for anybody in the temperate northern latitudes, they never set.
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∙ 14y agoStarting from the tip of the handle of the Big Dipper (or the tip of the tail of the Great Bear, Ursa Major):
Alkaid
Mizar
Alioth
Megrez
Phecda
Merak
Dubhe
Merak and Dubhe are the "pointer stars" at the bowl of the Big Dipper; follow the line between them to find Polaris, the North Pole star.
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∙ 14y agoPolarisKochabPherkadYildunUrodelusAhfa al FarkadainAnwar al Farkadain
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∙ 15y agoThe big dipper, the big bear (Ursa Major is latin for "bear, big").
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∙ 13y agoIn the United States it is best known as the Big Dipper.
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