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

The constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (Mike Lynch) After evening twilight this time of year, the Big Dipper is perched upside down in the high northern sky. Ursa Major is one of the largest ...

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 ...

E arlier this month, we spoke of Ursa Major, the Big Bear, so this week we take a look at the Little Bear, Ursa Minor.Astronomy neophytes sometimes mistake the Pleiades star cluster for the Little ...

Another building has also been erected to accompany them. Named after the North Star and the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor constellations, the hotel has been designed to feature a warm and inviting ...