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Gary Spangler's avatar

Starry, starry night! The Big Dipper is a great way to find the North Star, which is at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper. Follow the line formed by the two stars that make the side of the Big Dipper (opposite the handle side). Extending that line up/out of the Big Dipper connects with the North Star. In the night sky, all the stars appear to rotate around Polaris, the North Star. The two dippers have their open tops pointing toward each other and bottoms in opposite directions. Even with the rotation of stars and constellations, the dippers maintain this spatial relationship with one another. Ancient mariners depended on the North Star for nocturnal navigation. Did Henrietta find a dead fish to roll in??

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Monty's avatar

I'm right with you on the constellations.

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