When was the Little Dipper discovered?

Answer 1

The Big Dipper is pretty much visible all year long in the Northern Hemisphere. There may be some parts of the night where it would be below the horizon for a part of the night if one goes really South in the Winter months. But it is circumpolar, and is close enough to the North Star that it doesn't 'set'.

Answer 2

The Little Dipper is a well-known asterism within the constellation Ursa Minor. It has been known since ancient times and cannot be attributed to a specific discovery date as it is a part of traditional star patterns observed by early astronomers.

Answer 3

Polaris (the North Star) is the one at the end of the Little Bear's (Ursa Minor aka Little Dipper) tail, so you are going to need to be in the northern hemisphere to see all of the constellation all year

Answer 4

All the time because it is so close to the north star that it is always seen. Happy Stargazing! mainly during fall during the summertime. i saw it once. look on a clear summer day. :) have a nice day

Answer 5

That all depends on where you are when you look for it.

-- If you're anywhere on Earth north of about 28.5 degrees north latitude,

then you can see the entire Little Dipper any time it's dark outside and the

sky is clear, on any night of the year.

-- If you're anywhere on Earth south of about 28.5 degrees south latitude,

then you can never see any part of the Little Dipper, at any time of any night

of the year.

Answer 6

Take your latitude ... the angle of your home north or south of the equator.

Besides being your latitude, that number is also the angular size of a special circle around the 'celestial pole'.

Anything in the sky that's inside that circle is always up, above your horizon, i.e. it never sets.

(If you're standing at the north pole ... 90° north latitude ... then nothing in the sky ever sets !)

If your latitude is more than about 42° north, then all seven stars of the Big Dipper are always

above your northern horizon, 24/7/365. (Of course, you can't see them when the sun is also up.)

Answer 7

At night.

If you're anywhere on earth where your latitude is more than about 20 degrees north, then the

Little Dipper never sets ... it's always in the sky, and can be seen any time the sky is dark enough.

Answer 8

The ecliptic is highest in the sky . . .

-- some time in the day during Spring and Summer,

-- at Noon at the beginning of Summer,

-- some time in the night during Fall and Winter.

-- at Midnight at the beginning of Winter,

At the time of the equinoxes, the elevation of the ecliptic is constant

throughout the day and night.

Answer 9

The Little Dipper was discovered in about 600BC.

Answer 10

Well... At night. In northern hemisphere, if it is dark enough than you can see it but if your latitude is higher than 20 degrees north then it never sets.