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Why was Ursa Major put into the sky?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The constellation Ursa Major isn't in the sky at all; it is in our minds, in our imaginations. There are several stars which, from our particular point of view, appear to form a pattern. The pattern isn't real; we thought it up, and made up stories about it. But the pattern isn't in the stars.

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