Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven ...

Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger ...

It’s the sixth-brightest of all the constellations. It contains five of the 100 brightest stars. Only Ursa Major, with six ... the Milky Way’s myriad background stars. Oh, I almost forgot.