The Big Dipper is not a constellation itself, but rather an asterism - a pattern of stars within the constellation Ursa Major. The Big Dipper spans about 10 degrees of the sky, which is roughly the width of your fist held at arm's length.
The Little Dipper, also known as Ursa Minor, contains seven main stars. The two stars at the end of the "dipper" are called the Pointers, as they point toward the North Star.
The Big Dipper is an asterism, not a constellation, made up of seven bright stars. The angular distance between each star in the Big Dipper varies, but on average it is around 5-10 degrees. The stars in the Big Dipper are at different distances from Earth, so their angular separations can appear smaller or larger depending on perspective.
The Little Dipper, also known as Ursa Minor, has seven main stars that form its shape. These stars are much fainter than the stars in the Big Dipper, but they are still visible in the night sky.
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The Big Dipper is not a constellation itself, but rather an asterism - a pattern of stars within the constellation Ursa Major. The Big Dipper spans about 10 degrees of the sky, which is roughly the width of your fist held at arm's length.
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The Little Dipper, also known as Ursa Minor, contains seven main stars. The two stars at the end of the "dipper" are called the Pointers, as they point toward the North Star.
The Big Dipper is an asterism, not a constellation, made up of seven bright stars. The angular distance between each star in the Big Dipper varies, but on average it is around 5-10 degrees. The stars in the Big Dipper are at different distances from Earth, so their angular separations can appear smaller or larger depending on perspective.
The Little Dipper, also known as Ursa Minor, has seven main stars that form its shape. These stars are much fainter than the stars in the Big Dipper, but they are still visible in the night sky.
At 10:00 PM in Placerville, California tonight, the constellation directly overhead would be Ursa Major, which includes the well-known Big Dipper asterism. Look for this constellation in the northern sky.
From the viewpoint of the Earth, all the constellations 'revolve' around Polaris (the North star. As the Earth orbits the sun, its relative position to the constellations changes - and they appear to move across the night-sky.
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Aside from Cancer being the dimmest zodiacal constellation, the planet Mars is in Cancer (as of 4/21/10)
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