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Its proper name is Ursa Major which is the Great Bear. The part of it that most people recognise are 7 stars, which are just part of the overall constellation. People refer to them by different names, including the Plough and the Big Dipper. People often use those names to refer to the entire constellation, or think that it is just those 7 stars that form the entire constellation, but there is more to it than those 7 stars.

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