Big Dipper

The Big Dipper, also known as the Plough or the Great Bear, is a prominent asterism in the constellation Ursa Major. It was formed by a chance alignment of its seven brightest stars as seen from Earth. These stars vary in distance from us and are not physically related to each other, but from our viewpoint, they appear to form the shape of a ladle or dipper in the sky.

The Big Dipper or 'Plough' or 'Saucepan', is a collection of stars that form part of the constellation Ursa Major (The Large Bear). A constellation is a group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky. In reality these stars are in some cases millions of light-years distant from one another, and do not form an actual physical body in space.

The Big Dipper is easy to spot most of the time in the north hemisphere as it contains one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Polaris or 'The North Star'.

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"The Plough", "Butcher's Cleaver", "Charlie's Waggon" or "Great Bear (Ursa Major)"

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.

The Big Dipper doesn't rotate. The Earth, however, does rotate. The period of rotation is called a day and the Big Dipper will appear to make a full circle every 24 hours.

One myth about the Big Dipper involves the story of the Great Bear constellation's four hunters chasing it. Another myth involves the seven stars representing the seven daughters of Atlas being pursued by Orion. These myths vary across different cultures.

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It is moving South. At sea you could measure the angle between the horizon and Polaris with a sextant. This angle is approximately equal to your Northern latitude. There are some mathematical corrections one can perform to get a more precise answer, but the further south you sail, the lower Polaris will become. Eventually, you will not be able to see it anymore. Polaris is not visible from the Southern Hemisphere and there is no South Star. The ship is in the Northern Hemisphere, moving South.

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The right hand edge of the pot in the big dipper (ursa major) points to Polaris, the north star. Follow the stars from the lower right to the upper right corners of the pot, and you will find the north star. The north star is also the end of the handle of the little dipper (ursa minor).

In the northern hemisphere, the north star never moves in the night sky, no matter what time of night, all the other stars move from east to west over the course of the evening. The north star is due north of the north pole.

The number of degrees the north star is above the horizon will always indicate the lattitude of the observer. For instance, Boston is at around 42 deg N lattitude, the north star is around 42 deg above the horizon when looking north.

The Big Dipper is one of the most recognizable groups of stars in the sky. The pointer stars in the bowl of the dipper point toward the North Star.

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Most of the stars in the Big Dipper, which is part of the Ursa Major constellation, are relatively young compared to other stars in the Milky Way. The primary stars of the Big Dipper are estimated to be around 100 million years old. However, some, like Dubhe and Merak, are older, estimated at around 300 million to 1 billion years. Overall, while there is some age variation, many of the stars are still considered youthful in the cosmic timescale.

The Big Dipper does not change positions, Earth moves relative to the Big Dipper all the time.

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The Big Dipper can be seen every year. If you live in the northern hemisphere it is a constellation that you can see all year round. So on any clear night, you could see it.

The people of England thought the Big Dipper looked like a number 5.