Big Dipper

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Astronomically speaking, this has nothing to do with the football player with the Ring Nebula shaped wear pattern in his back pocket.

The Big Dipper is an asterism in the constellation Ursa Major. Its two end stars point to Polaris which is the end star of the handle on the Little Dipper.

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Exaggerated dippers 8 January 2007 Astronomy Picture of the Day to help visualize dippers

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