The Bear in the Stars

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M97, also called the Owl Nebula, is a planetary nebula 1,630 light-years from Earth; it has a magnitude of approximately 10. It was discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain. [21] In European star charts, the constellation was visualized with the 'square' of the Big Dipper forming the bear's body and the chain of stars forming the Dipper's "handle" as a long tail. However, bears do not have long tails, and Jewish astronomers considered Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid instead to be three cubs following their mother, while the Native Americans saw them as three hunters. Ursa Major belongs to the Ursa Major family of constellations, along with Boötes, Camelopardalis, Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, Corona Borealis, Draco, Leo Minor, Lynx, and Ursa Minor. Major stars in Ursa Major In some Native American tales, the bowl of the Big Dipper represents a large bear and the stars that mark the handle are the warriors chasing it. Since the constellation is pretty low in the sky in autumn, the legend says that it is the blood of the wounded bear that causes the leaves to turn red. English-Chinese Glossary of Chinese Star Regions, Asterisms and Star Names". Hong Kong Space Museum. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018 . Retrieved 17 December 2018.Seeing the scene from Olympus, Zeus intervened to prevent a tragedy. He sent a whirlwind that carried both Callisto and Arcas into the heavens, where he turned Arcas into the constellation Boötes, the Herdsman, and Callisto into Ursa Major. (In another version, Arcas becomes the constellation Ursa Minor.) This only further infuriated Hera and she persuaded her foster parents Oceanus and Tethys never to let the bear bathe in the northern waters. This, according to the legend, is why Ursa Major never sets below the horizon in mid-northern latitudes. A type Ia supernova, SN 1956A, was seen in the galaxy in 1956. So far it has been the only supernova observed in M109.

The remaining stars are located in the bear’s hind legs. These stars are known as the Tania Borealis, Tania Australis, Alula Borealis, and Alula Australis. Although this part of the constellation represents the Great Bear’s hind legs and tail, these bright stars form the popping image of a ladle. This asterism has two bright stars that can be used as a navigational pointer. These two stars are Dubhe and Merak. They point to the location of the current northern pole star, Polaris. Canción para la luna - Federico García Lorca - Ciudad Seva". Archived from the original on 2015-05-10 . Retrieved 2015-08-16.Ursa Major constellation belongs to the Ursa Major family of constellations. This family of constellations consists of Boötes, Camelopardalis, Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, Corona Borealis, Draco, Leo Minor, Lynx, and Ursa Minor.

In Arabic mythology, it is an evil star that killed the great warrior of the sky. The dead warrior now lies in the coffin of the 'Funeral Bier' constellation – the Arabic name for the Great Bear.Mu Ursae Majoris, or Tania Australis, is the southern star of the pair. It is a red giant, belonging to the spectral type M0 lab, approximately 230 light years away. It has a visual magnitude of 3.06 and is classified as a semiregular variable star, with variations in brightness fluctuating between 2.99 and 3.33. Mu Ursae Majoris has a visual companion about 1.5 AU away. Talitha Borealis and Talitha Australis – ι (Iota) and κ (Kappa) Ursae Majoris – “the third leap” Supergiants are the largest and brightest stars, often many hundred times larger (and much brighter) than our Sun. Messier 109 is another barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. It is located southeast of the star Phecda (Gamma Ursae Majoris). The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of 10.6 and is 83.5 million light years distant.