explain how you can locate the pole star with the help of your ursa major describe who you are Ursa major move around the pole star
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The pole star can be located using the Ursa Major constellation, by imagining a line towards the Northern direction connecting two stars present at the end of the bowl, This imaginary line meets Pole Star. The length of the imaginary line from the bowl is about five times the distance between the two stars of the bowl
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Locating polestar with the help of Ursa Major
- There are different types of constellations that are present in the sky which are mostly visible during the night time and we also know about the one star that helps in finding the correct direction as it is the pole star that never changes its direction and always points towards the north direction.
- The Ursa Major is one of the well known constellations that is known for locating polestar. The ursa major is the one that is shaped as a ladle. We need to first find the ladle shaped constellation and carefully find the quadrilateral that is formed in this constellation.
- There are two stars that are on the farther side of the quadrilateral normally named as merak and Dubhe If we connect these two Stars with an imaginary line and if this imaginary line is extended for the to the star that is Dimly shining is known as polaris or more commonly known as north pole star.
- This star is located exactly above the North Pole is useful for navigational purposes specially for sailors and travellers.
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