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Janssonius' mark (from BEIC). Janssonius was born in Arnhem, the son of Jan Janszoon the Elder, [1] a publisher and bookseller. In 1612 he married Elisabeth de Hondt, the daughter of Jodocus Hondius and Colette van den Keere. [2]
The Big Dipper seen from Fujian. The constellation of Ursa Major (Latin: Greater Bear) has been seen as a bear, a wagon, or a ladle.The "bear" tradition is Indo-European (appearing in Greek, as well as in Vedic India), [7] but apparently the name "bear" has parallels in Siberian or North American traditions.
Mizar's star is not a double star, but a four-star binary system located in the constellation Ursa Major (also known as the Big Dipper). This system consists of two pairs of double stars that are gravitationally bound to each other. Mizar is the second star from the end of the Big Dipper's handle, and Alcor its fainter companion. The ...
The Big Dipper asterism. The Big Dipper, also known as The Plough or Charles's Wain, is composed of the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major. [5] These stars delineate the Bear's hindquarters and exaggerated tail, or alternatively, the "handle" forming the upper outline of the bear's head and neck.
The Big Dipper stars Dubhe (α UMa) and Alkaid (η UMa) are not members of the group, both being somewhat further away and moving in very different directions. The bright, nearby star Sirius was long believed to be a member of the group, but may not be, according to research in 2003 by Jeremy King et al. at Clemson University .
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The Big Dipper's bowl and part of the handle photographed from the International Space Station. Mizar and Alcor are at the upper right. In 2009, Alcor was discovered to have a companion star Alcor B, a magnitude 8.8 red dwarf. [16] Alcor B was discovered independently by two groups.
Craps is the second studio album by the Boston band Big Dipper. [1] [2] It was released in 1988 on Homestead Records. [3] [4] The band supported the album with an East Coast tour. [5] The band considered it to be a pop album. [6] Craps was remastered and re-released in 2008 as part of Merge Records' Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology set ...