Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

URSA MAJOR adorns the sky — obvious, glittering, clearly defined, a constellation about which there can never beany doubt. Every one is familiar with it. Even those people who ‘really know ...

The Little Dipper is an asterism in the larger constellation of Ursa Minor, the Little Bear. Asterisms are patterns of stars of similar brightness. The stars may be part of a larger constellation ...

Habib was able to map the seven stars of Ursa Minor — Polaris, Kochab, Pherkad, Epsilon Ursae Minoris, Akhfa al-Farkadain (dimmer calf), Yildun and Anwar al Farkadain (Brighter calf) — on each ...

It's a steady star in the Ursa Minor constellation to guide by, remaining constant while the rest of the north sky moves. Posted 7:27 p.m. Jan 9, 2020 — Updated 7:27 p.m. Jan 9, 2020 By ...