Little Dipper
From Slackerpedia Galactica
The Little Dipper is a part of the constellation Ursa Minor, and features Polaris, the current pole star. Ursa Minor means 'small bear' in Latin.
The Little Dipper is considered an asterism. It swings around the pole accompanied by the Big Dipper.
The stars in the Little Dipper have different magnitudes and how many you can see can be used as a measure of how dark and clear the sky is. Or maybe you need new glasses.
External Links
Exaggerated dippers 8 January 2007 Astronomy Picture of the Day to help visualize dippers
(need a reference for using Little Dipper to measure magnitude)
