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How was ursa minor constellation discovered?

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You don't discover a constellation. These stars are all visible to the naked eye. Who decided to put them into that pattern is unclear, but calling it the bear (ursa) probably goes back to the ancient Greeks. At that time Polaris would not have been the star at the North Pole, though.

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