Ursa Major
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Ursa Major |
English Name:The Great Bear
Abbreviation:UMa Genitive:Ursae Majoris Hemisphere:Northern Season:spring |
The well known asterism of the Big Dipper makes up the hindquarters of the "bear". This bear is forever being chased around the pole by Bootes and his hunting dogs Canes Venatici.
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