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cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 3 days ago

Ancient Greeks 2500 years ago

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 3 days ago
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      I still don’t see a bear. Which way is it facing?

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        To the right. Muscida is its nose.

        The tail is a bit long and it’s missing an arm.

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      If you look at it without tons of light and air pollution, as the ancient Greeks would have, there are so many stars you can make a constellation look like anything you want.

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      Yup. While the bear with a tail is still kind of weird, Ursa major is one of the least weird constellations. “The Big Dipper” is an “asterism” according to the grad students at the planetarium I took my daughter to.

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        Also it at least used to be identified as a medieval push hoe.

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          Isn’t it also known as “The Plow” in some parts?

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      bear lore from Björn

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