Probably the most familiar is the Big Dipper, seven bright stars within the northern constellation Ursa Major the Great Bear.

The Ursids will appear to come from nearby, actually from closest to the star Kochab. Ursa Minor is a much smaller, dimmer constellation than the much more well-known Ursa Major—the Great Bear ...

The Pinwheel Galaxy lies 21 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation. The Antennae Galaxies are rich in black holes and neutron stars, driving rapid star formation and evolution. This ...

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger ...

Now shining at a magnitude of around +10 in the constellation of Ursa Major, “The Great Bear ... A supernova is an explosion of a massive star that can briefly shine with the brightness ...

For the Quadrantid, that happens in front of the stars of Quadrans Muralis, a constellation that is ... horizon — and can be found close to Ursa Major, home to the Big Dipper asterism, in ...

The Hubble Deep Field, shown here, is a patch of sky in the constellation of Ursa Major the Great Bear ... Start by locating the seven stars that form the Plough shape (figure 1).

Ursa Major is visible all year round from the ... which is a group of stars in a simple cross shape. The other stars in the constellation of Cygnus are extensions of this cross shape.

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The Penticton branch of the Okanagan Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is hosting a workshop for telescope ...