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

What Canis Major lacks in size, however, it more than makes up for in brilliance. It’s the sixth-brightest of all the constellations. It contains five of the 100 brightest stars. Only Ursa Major ...

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 ...