the big dipper
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The Big Dipper. Starry Night Over the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh, 1888. Below: Ursa Major. Image reversed, depicting the Celestial Sphere as viewed “from the outside”. Image Credit: Johannes Hevelius 1690. Above: Ursa Major. Image Credit: Sydney Hall, 1825. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Big Dipper
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Starry Night Over the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh, 1888
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Above: Ursa Major. Image Credit: Sydney Hall, 1825
Below: Ursa Major. Image reversed, depicting the Celestial Sphere as viewed “from the outside”. Image Credit: Johannes Hevelius 1690
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If we could fly all the way around the stars in the Big Dipper, we would notice they are not all the same distance from us.