I'm pretty sure it is Ursa Major (great bear)
Astronomers call that shape the Pot because it looks like aPot or a dipper as you say.
No constellation contains Mars.
The Big Dipper is not a constellation. It's an asterism (part of a constellation), and it's BIG ! (hence the name).
The Big Bear constellation is Callisto. :D
The Big Dipper is not a smaller constellation. The Big Dipper is a part of an even larger constellation. The Big Dipper is a part of the Constellation, Ursula Major or Big Bear. It is only part of the Bear. Likewise, the little dipper is part of a larger constellation, Ursula Minor or Little Bear.
Ursa Major is the constellation that contains Alcor.
Astronomers call that shape the Pot because it looks like aPot or a dipper as you say.
Ursa Major, or Great Bear, contains the asterism (a pattern of stars that is not a constellation) referred to as the Big Dipper.
No constellation contains Mars.
Ursa Major, The Great Bear, contains the Big Dipper, which is used to find north.
Every constellation contains stars.
The Big Dipper is not a constellation. It's an asterism (part of a constellation), and it's BIG ! (hence the name).
constellation first met
The Big Bear constellation is Callisto. :D
Inside the constellation
The Big Dipper is not a smaller constellation. The Big Dipper is a part of an even larger constellation. The Big Dipper is a part of the Constellation, Ursula Major or Big Bear. It is only part of the Bear. Likewise, the little dipper is part of a larger constellation, Ursula Minor or Little Bear.
While generally thought of as one, the Big Dipper is NOT a constellation. It is an asterism - a group of stars that are part of a constellation. The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major (the great bear).