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Big Dipper Connections

This page is just right for printing. There are very few pictures and the print will be black. The background will not print. I tried to make it fit on only one page, but it takes two. However the second page isn't necessary. It is just the stuff at the bottom. You can get the text and the map on only one side on of one page.

The Big Dipper stars are arranged so that they conveniently point at most of the major bright stars in the sky. This diagram can be used at any time of any night of the year because the stars do not change their positions relative to one another. What does change is the direction that you face into space due to Earth's rotation and revolution. This means that although the Dipper itself will always be visible (if you live north of 38o north latitude) not all of the stars that are indicated in this diagram will be above the horizon at any one time.

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