Big Dipper facts
While investigating facts about Big Dipper Stars and Big Dipper Constellation, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The State Flag of Alaska, showing the "Big Dipper and North Star", was designed by a 13 year old Native Alaskan boy who lived in an orphanage.
how to find the big dipper?
Many people believe that the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper are constellations but they are actually asterisms, patterns contained within constellations. The Big dipper is an asterism within Ursa Major for example.
What does the big dipper mean?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what stars make up the big dipper. Here are 9 of the best facts about Big Dipper Ice Cream and Big Dipper Little Dipper I managed to collect.
what does the big dipper look like?
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The Roman Army administered an eye test using the middle tail star of the Big Dipper, Mizar, and a star in close proximity, Alcor. If you could distinguish between the two stars you were deemed to have good eye sight and would become an archer. If not, you were placed in infantry.
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Ancient Arabs used Mizar and Alcor, stars in the Big Dipper constellation, to test their eyesight .
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The middle star in the handle of the big dipper is actually 6 stars
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Mizar and Alcor, part of the big dipper constellation, is actually a system of 6 stars. With Mizar having a double binary star system and alcor having a single one, all interacting orbit-wise.
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When you gaze at the Big Dipper, you’re seeing it as it looked ~80 years ago.
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The Big Dipper is not actually a constellation, it is an asterism.
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How to find the North Star using the Big Dipper
