Ursa Minor or "little bear" or "little dipper", contrasting with "Ursa Major" or "Great Bear" or "big dipper", is a constellation in the northern sky. The end of the "tail" is the "current" North...
If you live in the northern hemisphere, you can see it year round - it is circumpolar. If you live in the southern hemisphere, you can't see it at all.
It means "little bear" when translated from Latin. One common nickname is "Little Dipper," which is arguably a more fitting name (bears have short tails; drawings attempting to fit Ursa Minor into a...