"Ursa Major" is meaning "Bigger Bear" in Latin. Known as The Plough or the Big Dipper or the Saptarishi is a group of stars or asterism which visible between latitudes 90 and -30 degrees, best seen in April. Actually The Big Dipper is an asterism that lies in the constellation Ursa Major (Great Bear). Big Dipper or The Plough has seven stars:
1- Dubhe ( Alpha Ursa Major) Dubb means bear in arabic. Back of bear.
2- Merak ( Beta Ursa Major) Loin
3- Phecda ( Gamma Ursa Major) Thigh
4- Megrez ( Delta Ursa Major) Root of tail
5- Alioth ( Epsilon Ursa Major) Tails thicker part
6- Mizar ( Zeta Ursa Major) Girdle
7- Alkaid (Eta Ursa Major) Commander
and the rest of the named stars of Ursa Major are:
Talitha (Iota Ursa Major)
Tania Borealis (Lambda Ursa Major)
Tania Australis (Mu Ursa Major)
Alula Borealis (Nu Ursa Major)
Alula Australis (Xi Ursa Major)
Muscida (Omicron Ursa Major)
Muscida (Pi 1 Ursa Major)
Muscida (Pi 2 Ursa Major)
ALCOR (80 Ursa Major)
for further and remarkable information:
http://www.dibonsmith.com/uma_con.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Ursa_Major.html
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