Ursa Major

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constellation northern constellation

Ursa Major is a prominent northern constellation best known for containing the Big Dipper asterism and serving as an important navigational reference in the night sky.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Big Dipper	2
Ursa Major constellation	1
asterism Big Dipper	1
constellation of Ursa Major	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constellation ⓘ northern constellation ⓘ
associatedWithMyth	nymph Callisto transformed into a bear ⓘ
belongsTo	modern 88 constellations ⓘ
borders	Boötes NERFINISHED ⓘ Camelopardalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Canes Venatici NERFINISHED ⓘ Coma Berenices NERFINISHED ⓘ Corona Borealis NERFINISHED ⓘ Draco NERFINISHED ⓘ Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynx NERFINISHED ⓘ Ursa Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
cataloguedIn	Ptolemy’s Almagest NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Big Dipper NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Wagon NERFINISHED ⓘ Plough ⓘ asterism Big Dipper NERFINISHED ⓘ asterism Great Wagon ⓘ asterism Plough ⓘ
containsBrightStar	Alioth NERFINISHED ⓘ Alkaid NERFINISHED ⓘ Dubhe NERFINISHED ⓘ Megrez NERFINISHED ⓘ Merak NERFINISHED ⓘ Mizar NERFINISHED ⓘ Phecda NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsGalaxy	Messier 101 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 108 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 109 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 81 NERFINISHED ⓘ Messier 82 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2841 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3079 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3184 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 3718 NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsMultipleStarSystem	Mizar–Alcor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	UMa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArea	1280 square degrees ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn	Chinese astronomy ⓘ Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American traditions ⓘ Roman mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDeclinationRange	approximately +30° to +73° ⓘ
hasGenitiveForm	Ursae Majoris NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIAUConstellationCode	UMa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLatinateName	Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainStarsCount	7 in Big Dipper asterism ⓘ
hasMeaningOfName	Great Bear NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasName	Ursa Major NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasQuadrant	NQ2 ⓘ
hasRightAscensionRange	approximately 8h to 16h ⓘ
isCircumpolarFor	mid-northern latitudes ⓘ
locatedIn	northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
rankedByArea	3rd largest constellation ⓘ
recognizedBy	International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	celestial navigation ⓘ finding Polaris ⓘ
visibleFrom	most of the northern hemisphere ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camelopardalis → borderingConstellation → Ursa Major ⓘ

Northern Celestial Hemisphere → contains → Ursa Major ⓘ

this entity surface form: asterism Big Dipper

Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars → describes → Ursa Major ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ursa Major constellation

Ursa Major family → hasMember → Ursa Major ⓘ

IAU 88 modern constellations list → includes → Ursa Major ⓘ

Ptolemy’s 48 constellations → includesConstellation → Ursa Major ⓘ

M81 Group → locatedInConstellation → Ursa Major ⓘ

Camelopardalis → locatedNear → Ursa Major ⓘ

BeiDou → namedAfter → Ursa Major ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Dipper

Ursa Major family → namedAfter → Ursa Major ⓘ

Ursa Major family → organizedAround → Ursa Major ⓘ

Icon → passesNear → Ursa Major ⓘ

this entity surface form: Big Dipper

Coat of arms of the Community of Madrid → symbolizes → Ursa Major ⓘ

this entity surface form: constellation of Ursa Major