Which galaxy does the Big Dipper belong to?

The Big Dipper belongs to Ursa major. The Big Dipper is Shu Tian, Tian Xuan, Celestial Pole, Tian Quan, Yuheng, Kaiyang and Yaoguang in the constellation Ursa Major. People in ancient China associated these seven stars and imagined them as barrels of wine in ancient times.

The Big Dipper is located at the tail of a big bear. Six of these seven stars are secondary stars, and 1 is tertiary. Through the connection of the two stars in the mouth of the bucket, it extends about 5 times in the direction of the mouth of the bucket and finds the Polaris.

"Star Recognition Song" has: "Star recognition begins with Beidou, and then begins from north to west." Beginners can look for other constellations in turn from the Big Dipper. The seven stars of Ursa Major are arranged in the shape of a spoon. The ancients attached great importance to Beidou because it can be used to identify the direction and set the season.

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Beidou worship originated from the worship of stars by China ancestors. Archaeological data show that the worship of stars in China has a long history, and its origin can be traced back to more than 6,000 years ago. There are abundant worship images of the sun, the moon and the stars in the Neolithic rock paintings in China.

Three groups of dragon and tiger patterns of clam shells were found in Yangshao cultural layer of Xishuipo site in Puyang, Henan Province. The dragon and tiger pattern of clam shell unearthed from Xishuipo site in Puyang, Henan Province is a masterpiece 6400 years ago.

The first group of dragon and tiger pictures is located in Tomb No.45, and the owner of the tomb has carefully placed a tiger in the Yi Long with its head facing north. Between the dragon and the tiger, in the middle of the north, there is a Beidou carefully carved with clam shells. The bucket is the calf of two people. It can be seen that the ancestors began to worship Beidou as early as the Neolithic Age.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Big Dipper