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Big Dipper is the American term for the seven brightest stars of Ursa Major, called the Plough in Britain.
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Northern Lights & Big Dipper at Fairbanks, AK during September.
From the northern hemisphere, an easy way to find Arcturus is to follow the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper.
It is the star in the tail of the bear closest to its body, and thus the star in the handle of the Big Dipper closest to the bowl.
Big Dipper also may refer to:
* Big Dipper, alternative name for a roller coaster ride, especially in the United Kingdom.
** Big Dipper ( Blackpool ), a wooden roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
** Big Dipper ( Geauga Lake ), a wooden roller coaster currently Standing but not operating at Geauga Lake
** Big Dipper ( Luna Park Sydney ), a wooden roller coaster operating at Luna Park Sydney from 1935 until 1981
** Cyclone ( Dreamworld ), a steel roller coaster which operated as Big Dipper at Luna Park Sydney from 1995 to 2001
As a nickname in sport, Big Dipper may also refer to:
* Big Dipper ( band ), a 1980s-1990s Boston alternative-rock band
* Big Dipper ( Elton John song ), a 1978 song by Elton John
* Big Dipper ( album ), a 2003 album by Drop Trio
*" Big Dipper ", a song by Jethro Tull from their 1976 album Too Old to Rock ' n ' Roll: Too Young to Die!
*" Big Dipper ", a song by Built to Spill from their 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong with Love
* Big Dipper ( Michigan's Adventure )
* The Big Dipper Ice Arena in Fairbanks, Alaska
* Beidou ( disambiguation ), Chinese name of Big Dipper
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Usually the stars were roughly ordered from the head to the feet ( or tail ) of the figure ( as in the Big Dipper ).
For example, the asterism known as the Big Dipper corresponds to the seven brightest stars of the larger IAU constellation of Ursa Major.
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and he wrote also the masterpiece of frontier humor, `` The Big Bear Of Arkansas '', in which earthy realism is placed alongside the exaggeration of the backwoods tall-tale and the awe with which man contemplates the grandeur and the mysteries of nature.
Irritating to Hastings is the fact that Poirot will sometimes conceal from him important details of his plans, as in The Big Four where Hastings is kept in the dark throughout the climax.
Hastings is a man who is capable of great bravery and courage, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by The Big Four and possessing unwavering loyalty towards Poirot.
Big business is not taxed in proportion to its capacity and output, and the disproportionate burden falls on small and medium size businesses.
* 1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space ; the event is named the " Wow!
In Futurama Season 4, Episode 16 " Three Hundred Big Boys ", Kif gives Amy a watch that is shortly after swallowed by a whale named Mushu.
* 1858 – After the original Big Ben, a 14. 5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13. 76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
The Big Book ( from Alcoholics Anonymous ) states that once a person is an alcoholic, they are always an alcoholic, but does not define what is meant by the term " alcoholic " in this context.
The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model that describes the early development of the Universe.
According to the most recent measurements and observations, the Big Bang occurred approximately 13. 75 billion years ago, which is thus considered the age of the Universe.
The Big Bang is a well-tested scientific theory and is widely accepted within the scientific community.
This singularity is sometimes called " the Big Bang ", but the term can also refer to the early hot, dense phase itself, which can be considered the " birth " of our Universe.
The Big Bang is not an explosion of matter moving outward to fill an empty universe.
An important feature of the Big Bang spacetime is the presence of horizons.
Fred Hoyle is credited with coining the term Big Bang during a 1949 radio broadcast.
Big Brother is a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The people are constantly reminded of this by the phrase " Big Brother is watching you ", which is the core " truth " of the propaganda system in this state.
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