Learn the Sky | Ursa Major versus Ursa Minor @learnthesky | Uploaded November 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are two constellations that are next to each other in the sky and both represent bears. However, there are distinct differences between the two. Learn how they are similar yet different.

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0:00 - Intro
2:21 - Differences between Big and Little Dipper Asterisms
4:21 - Venn Diagram Comparison
6:02 - Review of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor

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▶ Ursa Major Constellation: bit.ly/LearntheSky-UrsaMajorConstellation
▶ Ursa Minor Constellation: bit.ly/LearntheSky-UrsaMinorConstellation
▶ Cassiopeia Constellation: bit.ly/LearntheSky-CassiopeiaConstellation
▶ Cepheus Constellation: bit.ly/LearntheSky-CepheusConstellation
▶ Draco Constellation: bit.ly/LearntheSky-DracoConstellation
▶ Polaris North Star: bit.ly/LearntheSky-PolarisNorthStar

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▶Corvus Map: By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) - [1], CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15406356
▶Sydney Hall - Urania’s Mirror: By Sidney Hall - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3g10053.This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31685073
▶Antennae Galaxies - NGC 4038 and 4039: By By ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29570547
▶NGC 4361: By Credit Line and Copyright Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona - caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n4361.shtml, CC BY-SA 3.0 us, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20607639
▶Constellation Photos: Akira Fujii - The Constellations davidmalin.com/fujii/general/af_const1.html
▶Mizar Quadruple System: By Pablo Carlos Budassi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94258300
▶Alcor and Mizar: By David Cocklin. twitter.com/David_A_Cocklin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
▶Big Dipper from the ISS: By NASA - spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-6/html/iss006e40545.htmlTransferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Transfer was stated to be made by User:Blast., Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3185602
▶Ursa Major Constellation Map: By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) - iau.org/public/themes/constellations/#uma, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15412501

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