Ursa Major or Great Bear is a star constellation. As such, one cannot think in terms of the distance to it because the stars that make up the constellation are not located in the same general area in space. Epsilon UMa, one of the stars that make up the constellation is also the closest at 64 light years.
Draco (the dragon)
Ursa Major IS a constellation.
Ursa Minor or "The Little Bear" is a constellation. It is made up of many stars, each one having it's own unique distance from Earth. It only looks like Ursa Minor from our perspective.
"The Big Dipper" is a traditional asterism of seven prominent stars within the constellation of Ursa Major.
It is Leo Minor.
No. Ursa Major and all stars visible from earth are in the Milky Way.
Draco (the dragon)
Ursa Minor or "The Little Bear" is a constellation. It is made up of many stars, each one having it's own unique distance from Earth. It only looks like Ursa Minor from our perspective.
Ursa Major IS a constellation.
"The Big Dipper" is a traditional asterism of seven prominent stars within the constellation of Ursa Major.
It is Leo Minor.
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.
Ursa Major
Ursa Major
No. Ursa Major is not on the ecliptic.
Ursa Major - album - was created in 2005.