Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was ...

But before we go on a star-hopping tour from the Big Dipper, let’s take a look at the story behind the Dipper itself and meet the seven stars that we join to draw it in our mind’s eye.

For most stargazers, the Big Dipper is probably the most important ... To find the North Star, just draw an imaginary line between these two stars and prolong it about 5 times; the line will ...

To find Polaris from anywhere in the northern hemisphere first locate Merak and Dubhe at the end of the “bowl” of the Big Dipper. Draw an imaginary line from Merak to Dubhe, and carry on for ...

The smaller constellation Leo Minor lies to the upper right (north) of Leo in the west this evening. Leo Minor appears ...

(Bob King) No matter when you look at the Big Dipper you can draw a line from the Pointers to Polaris and visualize it as the hour hand of a celestial clock with Polaris at the center. The hour is ...

The Big Dipper is at the right ... Dreams of a regional draw that could compete with premier parks such as Cedar Point didn't materialize. In 2001, ticket sales at the combined park were lower ...

The first star grouping that any beginning sky watcher north of the equator learns is the Big Dipper. And there is a good reason for this. Two of its seven stars serve as pointers toward Polaris ...