ursa major is not a constellation...


	ursa major is not a constellation...

kroqben

9-7-2008 8:34 PM

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kroqben says:

it is, in fact, an asterism. i always thought the big dipper was all there was to the bear - the whole constellation together makes a lot more sense now!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fb5cd476-e088-4713-b3b5-bbbf11729e1d/D800862F-F623-49FC-9674-AF8CE9782172/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.smokymtnastro.org/Seasons/Winter/Winter%20Sky%20Tour%20Ursa%20Major%20&%20Ursa%20Minor.htm" href="http://www.smokymtnastro.org/Seasons/Winter/Winter%20Sky%20Tour%20Ursa%20Major%20&%20Ursa%20Minor.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.smokymtnastro.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smokymtnastro.org/Seasons/Winter/Winter%20Sky%20Tour%20Ursa%20Major%20&%20Ursa%20Minor.htm"><FONT color="lightblue">Ursa Major & Ursa Minor </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smokymtnastro.org/Seasons/Winter/Winter%20Sky%20Tour%20Ursa%20Major%20&%20Ursa%20Minor.htm">So we were just looking at the Big "W", Cassiopeia, which is a polar
  constellation -- one that is very close to the North Pole. If stars are close
  enough to the pole they never set below the horizon and we can see them all
  year long. Can anyone spot the Pole Star? How do you find it? That's right,
  you start with the Big Dipper. {Trace out the Big Dipper}.
</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smokymtnastro.org/Seasons/Winter/Winter%20Sky%20Tour%20Ursa%20Major%20&%20Ursa%20Minor.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.smokymtnastro.org/img/8AC95B80-B0AA-4A64-B8A2-0E9E70F898F1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smokymtnastro.org/Seasons/Winter/Winter%20Sky%20Tour%20Ursa%20Major%20&%20Ursa%20Minor.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">It's really not a constellation, it's what's called an 'asterism', a
  highly recognizable part of a constellation. The full constellation actually
  is Ursa Major. {Trace out the full constellation of Ursa Major}
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  asterism is the sequence of three pairs of stars - normally seen as the paws
  of Ursa Major. The story is that Leo the Lion startled a gazelle, who in turn
  dashed off across a great celestial pond, leaving a pair of stars marking each
  of the three leaps.
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