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Any constellation is a group of stars that appear to form some kind of pattern,

but have no connection with each other. They all happen to be in roughly the

same direction from us, but they're all at different distances. So there's no

such thing as a constellation's distance from us.

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How far away is the big dipper from the north star?

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How far is merak from earth?

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What is the distance between the earth and the big dipper?

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How far is the big dipper from earth?

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How far away is the sun from the big dipper?

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How far is earth from big dipper?

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