Viewing from Minnesota, Ursa Major is in the northern sky at every hour
of every night of the year, as long as the northern sky is clear.
Yes. Pole Star is located by Ursa Major. On a clear moonless sky during summer at 9.00 p.m. at the northern part of sky you can see Ursa Major. Imagine a straight line that passess through these stars and extend this line towards the northern side to a star that is not too bright. This is a Pole Star. This star does not move at all. Ursa Major moves east to west of this Pole Star.
The constellation that looks like the Little Dipper but is not is likely Ursa Major, also known as the Big Dipper. Ursa Major is larger and more prominent than the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) and is easily recognizable in the northern hemisphere sky.
Constellations are just patterns of stars in the sky as seen from Earth. The individual stars in them have no real connection to each other. They just happen to be part of that pattern we see. The stars in them are all of different distances away from us, each other, and anything in space. So it is impossible to say how far any constellation is from anything.
The Big Dipper is part of the Ursa Major constellation, which is primarily visible in the northern hemisphere. Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, where the northern sky is generally not visible. As a result, observers in Australia cannot see the Big Dipper, though they can enjoy other constellations that are prominent in their hemisphere.
Well isn't that just a happy little question, my friend! The Big Dipper is not just a constellation, it's what we call an asterism - a recognizable pattern of stars within the Ursa Major constellation. When you look up at the night sky and spot those bright stars dip, dip, dipping around, you know you've found your friendly Big Dipper! Happy star-gazing to you!
you go outside at nite and look up at the stars.
You don't "discover" a constellation, for the same reason that you don't discover the Sun or the Moon. The stars that make up the constellation are there to see; at some moment, somebody - the ancient Greeks in the case of the "classical" constellations, including Ursa Major - somebody, then, decided that a certain group of stars look this this or that, and gave it a name.
Yes. Pole Star is located by Ursa Major. On a clear moonless sky during summer at 9.00 p.m. at the northern part of sky you can see Ursa Major. Imagine a straight line that passess through these stars and extend this line towards the northern side to a star that is not too bright. This is a Pole Star. This star does not move at all. Ursa Major moves east to west of this Pole Star.
You don't "discover" a constellation, for the same reason that you don't discover the Sun or the Moon. The stars that make up the constellation are there to see; at some moment, somebody - the ancient Greeks in the case of the "classical" constellations, including Ursa Major - somebody, then, decided that a certain group of stars look this this or that, and gave it a name.
The constellation that looks like the Little Dipper but is not is likely Ursa Major, also known as the Big Dipper. Ursa Major is larger and more prominent than the Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) and is easily recognizable in the northern hemisphere sky.
Ursa Minor is another name for the Little Bear, which is also known as the Little Dipper. This constellation is clearly visible with the human eye in the Northern Hemisphere. Note that Polaris, the North Star is a part of this constellation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The above is correct, however, apart from Polaris, in areas with bad light pollution the rest of the stars in Ursa Minor may not always be visible.
Ursa Major (Great Bear), Big Dipper, Plough or Severn Stars biblically are all names for this constellation. See link for more info.
Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Cassiopiea, Cepheus
You can see it all year in the nothern hemisphere
Anytime of the year bichez
Constellations are just patterns of stars in the sky as seen from Earth. The individual stars in them have no real connection to each other. They just happen to be part of that pattern we see. The stars in them are all of different distances away from us, each other, and anything in space. So it is impossible to say how far any constellation is from anything.
The Big Dipper is part of the Ursa Major constellation, which is primarily visible in the northern hemisphere. Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, where the northern sky is generally not visible. As a result, observers in Australia cannot see the Big Dipper, though they can enjoy other constellations that are prominent in their hemisphere.