Great Bear

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Great Bear

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A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a large bear. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
Similar: Big Dipper, Charles' Wain, the Plough, the Wain

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name a bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky

Español	Osa Mayor
हिन्दी	सप्तर्षि तारामंडल saptarṣi tārāmaṇḍal
Français	Grande Ourse
Deutsch	Großer Bär
Română	Carul Mare
Русский	Больша́я Медве́дица Bolʹšája Medvédica

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@misc{great_bear_2026,
  title = {Great Bear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/great%20bear},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}