A very wide-field view of the constellations of Ursa Major and Coma Berenices (ground-based image)
This picture, taken with a small ground-based camera, shows most of the famous constellation of Ursa Major, including the seven stars of the "Big Dipper" or Plough. The constellation of Coma Berenices appears at the lower left.
Credit:A. Fujii
About the Image
Id: | heic0901d |
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Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 5 February 2009, 12:00 |
Related releases: | heic0901 |
Size: | 5504 x 4432 px |
About the Object
Name: | Ursa Major |
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Type: | Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation |
Category: | Galaxies |