Friday, January 19, 2007

APOD3.2


The big dipper, pictured here, is an asterism of Ursa Major. By connecting the two stars at the end of the dipper, you can find Polaris. Five of the stars in the asterism are relatively close to eachother. Apparent configuration of these stars changes over time due to relative stellar motion.

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