Learn to tell the difference between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, and how the Big Dipper asterism can be used to help you navigate how to find other surrounding constellations.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:26 Legend of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
1:48 Pattern of Ursa Major
2:22 Big Dipper in Ursa Major
2:34 Pattern of Ursa Minor
3:16 Comparing Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
4:10 Importance of the Big Dipper
6:53 Practice finding Ursa Major
7:50 Alcor and Mizar stars
8:21 Practice finding Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
9:41 Using Cassiopeia to find Ursa Minor and Polaris
10:11 Final Review of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
11:17 Photo Attributes

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Photo Attributions
▶Ursa Major and Ursa Minor Constellation Photographs and Maps: Akira Fujii The Constellations http://www.davidmalin.com/fujii/gener...
▶Ursa Major Constellation Map: By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) http://www.iau.org/public/themes/cons..., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Messier 81: By Ken Crawford http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxie..., CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶M81 and M82: By Anttler at en.Wikipedia, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Messier 82: By NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/... (direct link)http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/e..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Messier 101: By Credit:Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements:Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana)Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)CFHT image: CanadaFranceHawaii Telescope/J.C. Cuillandre/CoelumNOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/ht... (direct link)See also: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/news..., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶NGC 6217: By NASA [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Hubble Space Telescope: By Ruffnax (Crew of STS125) http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/i..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Hubble Deep Field: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Hubble’s Continuous Viewing Zone: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Owl Nebula and M108: By Miodrag Sekulic (Miodrag Sekulic) [CC BYSA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons
▶Messier 109: By Hewholooks Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Ursa Major Map: By Anton Gutsunaev Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy: By NASA/JPLCaltech/ESO/R. Hurt http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Ursa Major Map: By Roberto Mura Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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