Ursa Major is undoubtedly the most eye-catching northern sky, the most important constellation, astronomers through the ages countries are attached to it. We often say "Starry Sky" shows that the Chinese simply the Big Dipper stars as a synonym for heaven. Astronomers in ancient China to the Big Dipper played every one special name, but also and especially to fight the body's α, β, γ, δ four stars called "Quebec." Quebec is the legendary Wenquxing, ancient, which is in charge of examinations God. In imperial times, the imperial examinations are the children of poor people the only way to succeed. During exams, I do not know how many children look up to give Compass, silently praying! The second from the spoon handle several pieces, that is, ζ sinking star, the ancient Chinese called the star Mizar. Closer look at it, will find it there next to the vicinity of a dark star dark star called 80 Ursae Majoris stars. The ancients always see it leave the vicinity of Sun Star, as a defender of the star Mizar, call it secondary. Kaiyang stars and a pair of auxiliary binary form. At different latitudes on the planet, can see the constellation is not the same. In the region above 40 ° north latitude, which is north of our place in Beijing and Greece, all year round can see Ursa Major. However, the spring, Ursa Major is the north-day high altitude, is the season the best time to watch it.
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Encyclopedia of Astronomy
大熊星座 天文百科
Summer night, people in the northern hemisphere on Earth when looking at the North Star, you can see a very eye-catching stars, form a bucket dipper shape, this is the famous Big Dipper (Figure 1). Many people who first met the stars will tend to the seven stars known as the "constellation", which is a misconception, in fact, they are just part of the constellation Ursa Major. The ancient Babylonians and Greeks, many of these seven stars and the faint stars around together, imagine the shape as a Bear (Figure), known as Ursa Major. Figure 1 Big Dipper In Greek mythology, the origins of Big Bear on this head, there is a very tactful, sad story about it. This Bear was originally a young girl Carrie Situo into it! Figure 2 Image of Ursa Carrie Situo was the moon goddess Artemis, the most handsome of many a maid, her long golden for holding, carrying powerful crossbow smart, often follows the left and right Artemis, the mountain forests in Parade hunting, chasing wild animals, as a director of Artemis was the goddess of hunting. Figure 3 is pretty Carrie Situo days Hera turned into a thick bear Unfortunately, Carrie Situo was the highest god - the god of gods, Zeus fancy, and later gave birth to a boy named Arcas. Unexpectedly, this was the queen of Zeus - Hera that day, she filled with anger, determined to punish Carrie Stowe. Then came Carrie Stowe's forests, not only severely reprimanded a lot, also this beautiful girl into a large mother bear terrible thick (Figure 3. Poor Carrie Situo since then had to leave his companion, leaving their children alone in the barren hills and remote places of wandering around, no longer dare to return to the residence of the original. Carrie Situo gone through all the hardships, the last her suffering has been aware of the god Zeus, Zeus finally feel guilty Carrie Stowe and her kids raised to the sky. If you always pay attention to astrology, then observed, can be found, the Big Dipper pointing in the shank end is constantly spinning, which is called "the passage of time." If the dark when the shank to the right (east), and at midnight on the upward shank (South), and in the dawn, more has been left shank (west) of the. And if you are in the same moment every night, then pay attention to observation, but also found that different days of the year, the point is not the same shank. Ancient China has such a record: East refers to the shank, and the world are the spring; South refers to the shank, and the world all summer; West refers to the shank, and the world are the fall of the North refers to the shank, and the world all winter. The ancients had discovered a clever point and the shank between seasons (Figure 4). Today, we still can see that the heavens. Figure 4 shank to point, and the relationship between seasonal
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: Great Bear, Ursa Major, Charlie's wagon, Charlie's wain
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