Ursa Minor is a much smaller, dimmer constellation than the much more well-known Ursa Major—the Great ... directly above the North Pole, which is known as the North Star. The Ursids can ...

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 ...

In the case of the Big Dipper, it's part of the constellation Ursa Major the Great ... it's one of the "pointer stars" that skygazers use to locate Polaris, the North Star. Shining at magnitude ...

MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. The fate of two crew members of Ursa Major, who were missing during the evacuation following a terrorist attack on the cargo ship in the Mediterranean, is still ...

Only Ursa Major, with six Orion and Scorpius ... and 25 times as bright as Polaris, the North Star. You’ll find only one Messier object in Canis Major — open cluster M41, which I covered ...

Ursa Major is visible all year round from the UK ... This star is called Polaris and is also known as the North Star. It lies above the North Pole of the Earth and will show you which way north ...