1 | The Big Dipper pops out into your northwestern sky on August evenings. | |
2 | Also, in Chinese cosmology, the Big Dipper hangs above Mount Kunlun. | |
3 | In Greek myth, the Big Dipper asterism represents the hindquarters and tail of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear. | |
4 | The Micmacs saw the three stars of the Big Dipper handle as hunters chasing the bear. | |
5 | The hour hand is a line drawn through Dubhe and Merak, the two pointer stars of the Big Dipper. |