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How many light years across is the big dipper?
The Big Dipper is not a single object, but an asterism or pattern of stars in the constellation Ursa Major. The stars in the Big Dipper are at different distances from Earth, so it doesn't have a specific size in terms of light years across.
What is the distance between the earth and the big dipper?
There is no single number that describes a distance between the earth and that, or any other constellation. The big dipper is a pattern of stars visible in the skies of the northern hemisphere. Its seven stars are not actually associated with each other and are at widely differing distances from the earth, ranging from 58 to 124 light years.
How many light years away is the little dipper?
i cant say because the little dipper is made op of many differt stars and alls 7 stars r different light years away. 4 example, the star kochab is 126 light years away and the star pherkad is 480 light years away.
How far is the big dipper?
The Big Dipper (and other constellations) are made up of stars that are difference distances from Earth. Every star that makes up the Dipper is a different distance. It only looks like the big dipper from where we are.
How far is megrez from earth?
Megrez the Faintest of the Big Dipper Stars is 66 light years away.
Do the stars of little dipper twinkle?
All stars twinkle in some way. This effect occurs because the stars are so far away from the earth that the light they emit actually bends a bit in Earth's atmosphere thus producing a wavering light. So yes, the stars of the little dipper do twinkle.
How many light years across is the big dipper?
The Big Dipper is not a single object, but an asterism or pattern of stars in the constellation Ursa Major. The stars in the Big Dipper are at different distances from Earth, so it doesn't have a specific size in terms of light years across.
What is the distance between the earth and the big dipper?
There is no single number that describes a distance between the earth and that, or any other constellation. The big dipper is a pattern of stars visible in the skies of the northern hemisphere. Its seven stars are not actually associated with each other and are at widely differing distances from the earth, ranging from 58 to 124 light years.
How many light years away is the little dipper?
i cant say because the little dipper is made op of many differt stars and alls 7 stars r different light years away. 4 example, the star kochab is 126 light years away and the star pherkad is 480 light years away.
How far is the big dipper?
The Big Dipper (and other constellations) are made up of stars that are difference distances from Earth. Every star that makes up the Dipper is a different distance. It only looks like the big dipper from where we are.
How far is megrez from earth?
Megrez the Faintest of the Big Dipper Stars is 66 light years away.
If a star from the big dipper flickers today did that happened 139 years ago?
No. If you see a star flicker, chances are you are not seeing something that happened to the star itself, but a result of light being distorted as it travels through Earth's atmosphere. Anyway the stars in the big dipper are at different distances from Earth. It's not as though light takes 139 years to reach us from all of them.
Does the big dipper emit its own light?
No, the Big Dipper does not emit its own light. It is actually a pattern of stars in the sky that appear to form a ladle shape. These stars reflect light from other sources in space.
What takes longer to reach earth light from the sun or light from other stars?
Light from the sun because all light travels at the same speed, and the sun is the closest star to the earth, so therefore the light from the sun reaches the earth before light from other (further away) stars
How many meters per second would it take stars light to reach earth?
Light travels at about 300,000 metres per second. The time taken for that light to reach us would depend on the stars distance.
How many miles is the little dipper from earth?
The Little Dipper is a constellation, a patterns of stars in the night sky that people pick out. It is not possible to give a distance of a constellation from Earth because it consists of many stars at very different distances from the earth. For example, Polaris, the brightest star in that constellation, is about 433 light years from Earth. But the second brightest star, Beta Ursae Minoris (also called Kochab) is about 131 light years from earth. The third brightest star is 487 light years away
How long does it take stars light to get to us?
In our Solar System, we see light from our sun reflected off the planets. In more distant galaxies, light from many millions of stars takes a long time to reach the Earth. It takes light 4 years to reach the Earth from Sirius, a near neighbouring star. Using the Hubble telescope, we can see the light from the Eagle Nebula, which takes 7,000 years to reach the Earth.
