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Little Dipper

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1. Little Dipper - Noun

2. Little Dipper - Proper noun

Meaning

a cluster of seven stars in Ursa Minor; at the end of the dipper's handle is Polaris

Source: WordNet

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The Little Dipper is also more formally known as Ursa Minor, the Little Bear. Source: Internet

Prominent constellations and stars are the Big Dipper low and the Little Dipper (part of Ursa Major) high in the north; and Cygnus with Deneb, Lyra with Vega and Aquila with Altair still high in the west. Source: Internet

To find Polaris, face north and locate the Big Dipper (Plough) and Little Dipper asterisms. Source: Internet

Ursa Minor is colloquially known in the US as the Little Dipper because its seven brightest stars seem to form the shape of a dipper ( ladle or scoop). Source: Internet

One of the other paddlers breaks the reverie, discovering that the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major, and the Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, now show themselves. Source: Internet

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