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==Names and lore== | ==Names and lore== | ||
[[Image:Changchun-Temple-Jiazi-Dian-0347.jpg|thumb|right|The Hall of the Big Dipper in a [[wikipedia:Taoism|Taoist]] temple, [[Wuhan]]]] | [[Image:Changchun-Temple-Jiazi-Dian-0347.jpg|thumb|right|The Hall of the Big Dipper in a [[wikipedia:Taoism|Taoist]] temple, [[wikipedia:Wuhan|Wuhan]]]] | ||
Throughout eastern Asia, these stars compose the '''Northern Dipper'''. They are colloquially named "''The Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper''": | Throughout eastern Asia, these stars compose the '''Northern Dipper'''. They are colloquially named "''The Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper''": | ||
:*{{zh|c=北斗七星 |p=běidǒu qīxīng}}; | :*{{zh|c=北斗七星 |p=běidǒu qīxīng}}; | ||
:*[[wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]]: 北斗七星, ''hokutoshichisei''; | :*[[wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]]: 北斗七星, ''hokutoshichisei''; | ||
The seven stars are very important in [[Taoist]] [[astrology]]. | The seven stars are very important in [[wikipedia:Taoist|Taoist]] [[wikipedia:astrology|astrology]]. | ||
==Stars== | ==Stars== | ||
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*[[Taikyokusei|Polaris]], the '''North Star''', is found by imagining a line from Merak (β) to Dubhe (α) and then extending it for five times the distance between the two '''Pointers'''. | *[[Taikyokusei|Polaris]], the '''North Star''', is found by imagining a line from Merak (β) to Dubhe (α) and then extending it for five times the distance between the two '''Pointers'''. | ||
*Crossing the top of the bowl from Megrez (δ) to Dubhe (α) takes one in the direction of [[wikipedia:Capella (star)|Capella]] (α [[Gosha Sei|Auriga]]). A mnemonic for this is ''"Cap to Capella."'' | *Crossing the top of the bowl from Megrez (δ) to Dubhe (α) takes one in the direction of [[wikipedia:Capella (star)|Capella]] (α [[Gosha Sei|Auriga]]). A mnemonic for this is ''"Cap to Capella."'' | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||