The stars that make up the constellation Ursa Major were described as a "great bear" by ancient Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy in his classic studies of the night sky, and Greek myths tell the ...

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Its magnitude of 2.44 makes it the sixth-brightest star in Ursa Major. It lies approximately 83 light-years from Earth. Phecda spins rapidly, around 110 miles (178 kilometers) ...

Nothing helps you view the stars in constellations like Cassiopeia and Ursa Major like a good telescope. We recommend the Celestron Astro Fi 102 as the top pick in our best beginner's telescope ...

The seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear, form this well-known asterism which is known as the Big Dipper. Photograph by Jamie Cooper.

5 famous constellations that (almost) anyone can find. From Andromeda to Ursa Major, these cosmic landmarks dominate the sky. Learning how to spot them will turn you into a star gazer.

Ursa Major . Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven stars known as the Big Dipper (or, in other countries ...

When none of those searches yielded anything similar, Stanton told Universe Today that he felt confident that what he was seeing had not been observed for that Ursa Major star before.

The seven bright stars in Ursa Major are the most recognisable star pattern in the sky, along with Orion. In Britain, they traditionally form the Plough; though – with this agricultural ...

Once you spot that, you’ve seen one of the front legs of Ursa Major. Unfortunately there are no stars that make up the other front leg. To see that second front leg, you really have to put your ...