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The Smaller bear
- Near North Celestial pole
-Polaris |
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The Larger Bear
-Near North Celestial Pole
-Dubhe and Merak pointer stars |
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| Bootes the plowman (Arctophylax) |
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Big dipper as the plow
Arcturus: "Toward Bear"
-Near North Celestial Pole |
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The Centaur Archer
-Teapot asterism
-was awarded by Jupiter, via the muses (Jove) he gave him horse flanks, arrows, and a a Satyr’s tail
- Before his feet are a few stars arranged in a circle, which some say are a wreath |
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The Lyre (an instrument made from tortoise shell)
-vega (mag. 0.0)) |
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-The Snake Handler
-Serpens= the snake |
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the larger dog
-Sirius: brightest star in the sky
-Distance 8.6 LY |
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| The Sails of the Ship Argo |
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