THE BIG

DIPPER
APOD March 15 2015

URSA MAJOR

Located in the northern celestial hemisphere

Third largest in the sky

The constellation is circumpolar

Noted by ancient Greeks and Native American

tribes

Dubhe: 124 LYrs

Alkaid: 101 LYrs

Known as The Plough in the UK

Saucepan in the Netherlands
Cart in Hungary and Germany

Sweden

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