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What You Need:
What To Do:
- Find the Big Dipper, part of the constellation Ursa Major, the great bear.
- Find the two stars that form the edge of the Dipper's bowl on the side away
from the handle. These are your "pointer stars".
- Hold out your hand at arm's length. Notice the distance between the "pointer
stars" is about the same as three finger widths. This distance is about
5°.
- From the "pointer stars" to Polaris is 28°, or slightly more than five
times the distance between the "pointer stars". Now, holding your hand at
arm's length, put your thumb at the lip of the Dipper's bowl and your baby
finger out along the line of the two "pointer stars". Your baby finger
should appear to be close to Polaris, the North Star, which forms the end of
the handle of the Little Dipper, Ursa Minor (the little bear).
- Once you are looking at Polaris, the rest is easy: east is to your right, west
is on your left, and south is behind you.
What Else You Can Do:
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