Then, on April 18, the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) and Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) will be high in the sky near the Big Dipper constellation! And as if that wasn't enough of a spectacle, on April 25 the ...

We in North America call it the Big Dipper, but those in Great Britain know it as the Plough. Stargazers in Germany and Scandinavian countries recognize it as a wagon. Its “drinking gourd” shape even ...

Possibly one of the best-known constellations in the northern sky, Ursa Major—or the Great Bear—contains an asterism of seven stars known as the Big Dipper (or, in other countries, the Plough ...