Its stars are bright enough so they’re visible ... Western lands have always seen the Big Dipper as part of the Great Bear, Ursa Major. The Dipper’s curved handle represents the bear’s ...

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 ...

The Ursids will appear to come from nearby, actually from closest to the star Kochab. Ursa Minor is a much smaller, dimmer constellation than the much more well-known Ursa Major—the Great Bear ...

But arkticus means north because it is a reference to the Great Bear constellation, which we know today as The Big Dipper. The Big Dipper (Ursa Major or Big Bear in Latin) is the most-recognized ...