Big Dipper
| American name for the Plough, the seven brightest and most prominent stars in the constellation Ursa Major, which in outline resemble a large dipper. |
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I found the Big Dipper, then this guy Charlie showed me how to find the North Star from there. The network scans star fields as large as the Big Dipper. Directly above it is an iconographic depiction of the Big Dipper constellation, thought to be an especially lucky set of stars. |
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