The Big Dipper is one of the most familiar and best-loved star shapes in the northern hemisphere’s ... [+] night sky. The arc is made of compressed, energized hydrogen gas between the stars, and if the arc were extended it would completely encircle the Big Dipper with a diameter of 60º. The stars of the Big Dipper are between 58 and 124 light-years distant. The famous Hubble Deep Field photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope—probably the most important ever taken—were taken of seemingly blank areas of sky in the region of the Big Dipper. A bright meteor flying past the Big Dipper reflected on a lake.

Source: Forbes June 07, 2020 02:00 UTC