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Posted by: pollythinks ( )
Date: June 27, 2021 08:18PM
Off Topic: The Big Dipper, among other stars.

I just discovered that when I look through my high bathroom window when it's dark outside, I can see the Big Dipper.


Fun. :)

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Posted by: Kathleen ( )
Date: June 27, 2021 08:34PM
Re: Off Topic: The Big Dipper, among other stars.

Polly, you would enjoy NASA Picture of The Day. I saved it to my desktop. The picture today is especially beautiful.

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Posted by: Dave the Atheist ( )
Date: June 27, 2021 09:10PM
Re: Off Topic: The Big Dipper, among other stars.

It's not a dipper. It's a bear.

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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: June 27, 2021 11:44PM
A big momma bear actually. Or a plough. Or a wagon. Or seven oxen.

And if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you can see it in a different place every night as it makes its journey about the North Star...

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Posted by: summer ( )
Date: June 28, 2021 12:26AM
Re: Off Topic: The Big Dipper, among other stars.

Fun fact: The "star" that is second from the end of the Big Dipper's handle is in reality, a double star (Alcor and Mizar) that can often be seen with the naked eye. One of the stars that makes up the double (Alcor,) is also a double, and the other, Mizar, is also a quadruple star. So, six stars for the price of one!

https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mizar-and-alcor-the-horse-and-rider/

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Posted by: Kentish ( )
Date: June 28, 2021 09:31AM
Re: Off Topic: The Big Dipper, among other stars.

It was the Plough when I was growing up. We did not have dippers only ladies.

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Posted by: Kentish ( )
Date: June 28, 2021 09:33AM
Re: Off Topic: The Big Dipper, among other stars.

That l looks like an I. Tablets have their own minds.

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