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The best known asterism in northern skies, The Big Dipper iseasy to recognize, though some might see The Plough.Either way, the star names and the familiar outlines will appear in thisthoughtfully composed 24 frame mosaicwhen you slide your cursor over the image.Dubhe,alpha star of the dipper’s parent constellation Ursa Major is atthe upper right.Together with beta starMerakbelow, the two forma line pointing theway toPolaris andthe North Celestial Pole off the top edge of the field.Notable tooin skygazing lore Mizar,second star from the left in the dipper’s handle,forms a vision-testingvisual double star with apparently close Alcor.Also identified in the famous star field areMessier catalog objects.Download thehigher resolution imageto hunt for exquisite viewsof some of Messier’s distant spiral galaxies and a morelocal owl