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"Großer Wagen" = "Kleiner Bär"

Is this true in every universe?

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Ursa Major = the Great Bear = der Große Wagen

So confusion maxxed out.

German wikipedia says, Ursa Major consists of 7 stars in the end with Polaris and looks like that [image 1]

On the other hand: English wikipedia and Stellarium says this exact same form is the small bear aka Ursa Minor.

Any ideas?

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@dbread from what I am understanding from the German wiki is that ends of the ladle (alpha and beta) point towards Polaris (de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:). Ursa Major does not include Polaris, since Polaris is part of Ursa Minor.

@barefootstache thank you, now I see it. Ursa Minor and Ursa Major nearly look the same, but Ursa Major is part of another constellation.

And 5 times the line from Ursa Major’s alpha to beta leads to polaris too. 😍

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