Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Part 3 of the Constellation Series! Ursa Major (Big Dipper), Ursa Minor (Little Dipper). Polaris, Alcor and Mizar. M101, M51. M81 and M82. Star Hopping, Star Navigation. The story of Two Leggings, Bear white child. The origins of "The Arctic" The Precession of Earth's polar axis over time.

How to find Usra Minor (The Little Dipper). How to find the North Star.

Whirlpool galaxy, M106, Pinwheel Galaxy, Bubble Nebula, M81 and M82, Cigar and Bode's Galaxies.

Many of these images came from all over North America, Alaska, Colorado, Michigan, South Texas

I'm not the one who originally thought the Bear White Child story was a "storm chase" or someone seeing a tornado that looked like the big dipper. John Weaver is probably the first to write about this, 40 years ago: stormtrack.org/library/fringe/1stchas.htm



00:00 Introduction
00:30 Locate the Little Dipper and Big Dipper
03:22 Origins of "The Arctic"
04:05 Alaska's State Flag
04:48 Northern Lights
05:23 Bear White Child / Tornado
07:29 Navigation with the Stars
08:30 Mizar and Alcor
10:00 Galaxies

11:40 Axis Precession






#astrophotography #ursamajor #alaska



Gear used:

Cameras:
Canon 6DMkII (Timelapses, Live Shots)
Modified Canon T3i (Stills)
Modified Canon T1i (Stills)
Sony A7s3 / A7sIII (Live shots)

Lenses:
Rokinon 135mm f2.0
Tamron 24-70mm F2.8 (Used at either 24 or 70)
Sigma 20mm f1.2 Art

Light Pollution Filter: Astronomik LPF Clip-In

Telescope:
William Optics GT81
Celestron 80ED