Ursa Minor is a much smaller, dimmer constellation than the much more well-known Ursa Major—the Great ... directly above the North Pole, which is known as the North Star. The Ursids can ...
Ursa Major is visible all year round from the UK ... This star is called Polaris and is also known as the North Star. It lies above the North Pole of the Earth and will show you which way north ...
The Quadrantids are the year's first shooting stars, peaking over North America between Jan ... the horizon — and can be found close to Ursa Major, home to the Big Dipper asterism, in the ...