The Big Dipper is one of the first star formations many children learn to recognize when gazing up at the vast night sky. Brush up on your knowledge of the oversized outer space scooper with five out of this world facts. The Big Dipper isn’t a constellation. What?! Seriously. The formation is actually an asterism …

“I was looking at that,” she said, pointing to the Big Dipper. “See?” “Ursa Major,” he said. “The Great Bear.” “Odin’s Wain, they call it. And the Great Bear. Where we come from, we believe that is a, a thing, a, not a god, but like a god, a bad thing, chained up in those stars. If it escapes, it will eat the whole of everything. And there are three sisters who must watch the sky, all the day, all the night. If he escapes, the thing in the stars, the world is over." – Neil Gaiman, American…

Confused if we're in winter or spring? Look to the night sky! (For us in the Northern hemisphere anyhow). The "handle" of the Plough or Big Dipper constellation points to the direction that's associated with the Season that we're in. So last night the handle was clearly pointing to the East...so we're in Springtime 🙂 The correlation between the direction the Big Dipper is pointing and the Season of the year, plus other associations we have in Acupuncture and Feng Shui, is set out in the…

Find out how to take a photograph of a constellation in the night sky, starting with capturing the Plough or Big Dipper in Ursa Major.

LED Constellations Using Chibitronics: Stargazing is fun and awesome, but can't be done on cloudy or rainy nights. Using chibitronics you can make your own night sky including your favorite constellations. Materials: Chibitronics LED Starter Kit Black Poster Board or paper Ballpoint p…

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