Constellations in The Northern Hemisphere

Constellations in the Northern Hemisphere
What’s a Hemisphere?
 Divided the Earth into sections.

 Half of the Earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or
into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.
Northern Hemisphere Facts
 There is more land in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere. Believe it or not, about 68% of all
the land on Earth is in the Northern Hemisphere!
 Since the Northern Hemisphere has more land, it makes sense that the Southern Hemisphere has more water than the
Northern Hemisphere.
 The Northern Hemisphere contains parts of five of the seven continents. All of North America and Europe are in the
Northern Hemisphere. The northern part of South America, most of Africa, and almost all of Asia are also in the
Northern Hemisphere.
 Because the Northern Hemisphere has more land and less water, its overall climate tends to be cooler than the
climate of the Southern Hemisphere. This is because the oceans in the Southern Hemisphere store heat energy.
 The entire Arctic Ocean is found in the Northern Hemisphere. Parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans are
also in the Northern Hemisphere.
 About 90% of the people in the world live in the Northern Hemisphere! That means 9 out of every 10 people live
north of the Equator.
 There's more pollution in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere. Since more people live there,
they create more pollution with their cars, manufacturing, and other daily activities.
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Countries that are entirely in the Northern
Hemisphere:
*Russia *Brazil
*Canada *Democratic Republic of Congo
*China
*United States
*India
*Kazakhstan
*Algeria
*Saudi Arabia
*Mexico
*Sudan
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Types of Constellations in the Northern Hemisphere
Ursa Major
Ursa Major
 Also known as the Great Bear or the Big Bear

 Is the largest known constellation and easy to see.
 Is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely back into prehistory.
 Its Latin name means “greater(or larger) she-bear”, referring to and contrasting it with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser
bear.
 It was one of the original 48 constellations list by Ptolemy in the 2 nd century AD, today it is the third largest of the
88 modern constellations.
 Its primarily known from the asterism of its main seven stars(four for the trapezoid body and three for the handle,
which has been called the “Big Dipper”, “the Wagon”, “Charles’s Wain”, or “Two of its stars, named Dubhe and
Merak, can be used as the navigational pointer towards the place of the current northern pole star, Polaris(the
star of the tip of the handle) in Ursa Minor.
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Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor
 (Latin: "Lesser Bear", contrasting with UrsaMajor), also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation in the
Northern Sky. Like the Great Bear, the tail of the Little Bear may also be seen as the handle of a ladle,
hence the North American name, Little Dipper: seven stars with four in its bowl like its partner the
Big Dipper. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and
remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa Minor has traditionally been important for navigation,
particularly by mariners, because of Polaris being the north pole star.
 Polaris, the brightest star in the constellation, is a yellow-white supergiant and the brightest Cepheid variable
star in the night sky, ranging from an apparent magnitude of 1.97 to 2.00. BetaUrsaeMinoris, also
known as Kochab, is an aging star that has swollen and cooled to become an orange giant with an
apparent magnitude of 2.08, only slightly fainter than Polaris. Kochab and magnitude 3 GammaUrsae
Minoris have been called the "guardians of the pole star". Planets have been detected orbiting four of the
stars, including Kochab. The constellation also contains an isolated neutron star—Calvera—and
H1504+65, the hottest white dwarf yet discovered, with a surface temperature of 200,000 K.
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Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
 is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who
boasted about her unrivaled beauty. Cassiopeia was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-
century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. It is
easily recognizable due to its distinctive 'W' shape, formed by five bright stars.
 The five brightest stars of Cassiopeia – Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon Cassiopeiae – form
the characteristic W-shaped asterism. All five are prominent naked eye stars, three are noticeably
variable, and a fourth is a suspected low amplitude variable. The asterism is oriented as a W when
below Polaris during northern spring and summer nights. In northern winter, and when seen from
southern latitudes, it is "above" Polaris (i.e. closer to the zenith) and the W appears inverted.
 Is the 25th largest constellations
Cygnus
Cygnus
 Is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized
Greek word for swan
 Is the 16th largest constellations and is recognized for its asterism that forms a cross and its referred to
as the Northern Cross.
 Its two brightest stars are Deneb, located at its tail, and Albireo, found in the head.

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 Divided the Earth into sections.

 Also known as the Great Bear or the Big Bear

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