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Big Dipper

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

Big Dipper Popular name for the asterism formed by the seven main stars of Ursa Major (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, and Eta Ursae Majoris), resembling a saucepan or ladle. An alternative name is the Plough.

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Big Dipper

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

Big Dip·per • n. a prominent group of seven stars in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), containing the Pointers that indicate the direction to Polaris.

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Big Dipper

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Big Dipper familiar configuration of stars visible in the constellation Ursa Major (see Ursa Major and Ursa Minor ).

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Dot-to-dot dippers.(finding the Big Dipper and Little Dipper constellations) Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 6/1/1995
	Dot-to-Dot Dippers.(the Big Dipper constellation)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 3/1/1999
	BIRDING; On the Wing; Our own bird mystery; The American dipper isn't... Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 5/25/2005