Ursa Minor By Linda H Skylar C Anndea

Ursa Minor By Linda H. , Skylar C. , Anndea. Z, and Kemea P. This is a picture of the little dipper.

Little Dipper(Ursa minor) The Little Dipper is always in the northern sky. Its tail is Polaris , the ”North Star”.

Little Dipper or Ursa Minor It is visible year round although it faces differently depending on the season.

HISTORY OF THE URSA MINOR By Kemea parsons

URSA MINOR Ursa Minor was discovered a one-million years ago. Ursa Minor is one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy the 1 st century astronomer. Ursa Minor is called the Little Dipper because of its bright stars.

Finding the Polaris (The North Star) You can find the Polaris or the North Star at the tip of the tail of Ursa Minor (The Little Dipper).

Little Dipper. Did you now that the little Dipper name is the little bear with a very long tail. But it looks mostly like a dipper, it also has Polaris at the tip of it handle.

who does it belong to It belongs to the rare class of cepheid stars. Only a little bit less liter. You could try to find it but you would have to go to the northern hem aspire , and it would take some time.

Ursa Minor By Skylar Cerbone What the Little Dipper means to different cultures.

My task was to find out what the Ursa Minor or commonly know as the Little Dipper mean to different cultures. The ancient Greeks used the stars to represent their Gods and heroes such as Zeus and Hercules. To the Chinese constellations told stories of everyday people, of great generals in battle or royal paradise. These constellations and their stories are used to predict seasonal change and a calendar.

What the Little Dipper means to the ancient Egyptians and Africans. In Ancient Egypt there were many myths Gods that were represented in the sky through Constellations. The brightest star in the sky represents the Egyptian Goddess Isis. To the Africans the Pleiades or the seven sisters star cluster was very important to the African people The Masai of East Africa saw this cluster as a herd of cattle. The Bantu people of southern Africa saw the Pleiades as a plow. The picture on top is a picture of the Greek god Isis. The lower picture shows the night sky in all its glory.

The Native Americans and their stars Among the Native Americans the Cherokee told stories of the Dog stars. They speak of a journey they must pass throuh the sky