Wednesday, March 25, 2015

APOD 3.8

In this picture, we able to see the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper is not a constellation but an asterism so get it confused! It is part of the Ursa Major constellation. Astronomers have observed that the bright stars in the Big Dipper are actually close to one another,which means they were likely formed at the same time. Taken from France, this beautiful picture presents the exact shape of the Big Dipper. However, its shape might not be the same in the next decades.  

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