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Night sky with constellation lines drawn over stars, highlighting Ursa Major, the Big Dipper, and Orion above a dark landscape with silhouetted trees.
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Big Dipper
Big Dipper The stars of the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.

The Big Dipper

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The Big Dipper, asterism of the seven bright stars in the larger constellation Ursa Major. The two stars at the end of the Dipper point to the North Star, Polaris.

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