YES. Ursa Major also contains the big dipper (which is not a constellation, it is an asterism) and the pointer stars are located in the handle of the big dipper.
The question is vague. There are many stars called "pointer" stars. For example, two of the stars in Ursa Major lie along a line that passes very near Polaris. A completely different set of stars in Ursa Major form an arc that passes near Regulus. There are plenty of other such astronomical coincidences.
The constellation Ursa Major contains about seven main stars that form the shape of a bear. The most famous of these stars is the Big Dipper or Plough asterism, which is not a constellation in itself but part of Ursa Major.
Ursa Major is the constellation. The 2 stars in the bowl of the dipper point to Polaris. Polaris IS the North Star.
The Big Dipper is an asterism, which is a recognizable group of stars within a constellation. It is located within the constellation Ursa Major. Ursa Major is a constellation that contains the Big Dipper asterism as part of its larger pattern of stars.
Ursa Major does not have a surface. Ursa Major is a constellation. It is therefore a collection of stars. All of those stars would be very different.
Ursa Major/The Great Bear/The Plough/The Big Dipper/The Drinking Gourd.
In the Crow language, the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) is called both Ihka Sahpua (Seven Stars) and Iipchalapaachuoo (Pipe Pointer Stars).In Arapaho the name is téébiicéso'o'.In Navajo it is náhookõs.In Ojibwe it is called ojig-anang (Fisher Stars).In Sahaptin Yakama dialect) it is Xalíishyama (The Wolves).In Pawnee Ursa Major is raruka΄i:tu΄- a kind of stretcher used to carry the sick or the dead.
The Big Dipper is not a star, but an asterism, which is a recognizable pattern of stars within a constellation. It is part of the Ursa Major constellation and consists of seven bright stars that form a distinct shape resembling a ladle or dipper.
Ursa Major is formed anywhere from 7 to 20 stars and is bordered by constellations of Draco (Dragon 14 stars), Camelopardalis (Giraffe 36) stars...etc
We use the word "asterism" for a grouping of stars that isn't one of the 88 "official" constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union, the IAU. The most famous asterism is the central part of Ursa Major; we call it the "big dipper".
The big dipper are the seven brightest of the formal constellation Ursa Major.
No. Ursa Major and all stars visible from earth are in the Milky Way.