The big dipper

Confused if we're in winter or spring? Look to the night sky! (For us in the Northern hemisphere anyhow). The "handle" of the Plough or Big Dipper constellation points to the direction that's associated with the Season that we're in. So last night the handle was clearly pointing to the East...so we're in Springtime 🙂 The correlation between the direction the Big Dipper is pointing and the Season of the year, plus other associations we have in Acupuncture and Feng Shui, is set out in the…

Constellation Ursa Major (ground-based image)

Big Dipper Constellation / Constellation de la Grande Ourse / Image by sebastianvoltmer (Dr. Sebastian Voltmer) from instagram

The Big Dipper is an asterism formed by seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear). It is also known as the Plough, the Saucepan, and the Great Wagon.

The Big Dipper and The North Star

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Image of the astronomical asterism the Big Dipper. The stars of the Big Dipper (in order from left to right) are, Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Phecda (below Megrez), Merak, and Dubhe.

Did you know that the Big Dipper is part of a big bear in the sky?

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For an Artistic Point of View and Bring out the Constellation I use a Slight Effect on the Stars of the Big Dipper © V.LIARD P h o t o g r a p h y Image featured Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150317.html Image Featured Ciel des Hommes www.cidehom.com/apod.php?_date=150317

The Big Dipper is one of the most recognizable and easily found patterns of stars in the night sky and includes seven stars from Ursa Major.

Strar sky with big dipper vector image

Cassiopeia distinctive 'M' shape formed by five bright stars opposite the Big Dipper.

Using the Big Dipper to locate Polaris, the north star. More

Road to the Big Dipper. Summer nights at Yellowstone National Park are truly amazing! You get to witness beautiful scenery as well as gorgeous night sky. This is one of my images from the park which I obtained back in August. The Big Dipper culminates over the geyser field (one of them is visible far on the foreground) and we were lucky to get a slight hint of aurora! Yuri Beletsky Photography

The Indian mythology is enigmatic but has always found references with real world objects and places.The seven sages or "Saptarishis" are the "Big Dipper" and like everything else in Indian mythology, each sage has a story that may sound hypothetical but also mesmerizing. I have just covered the basics for anyone interested.