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Draw sketches to show the relative positions of prominent stars in
(a) Ursa Major and (b) Orion
Answer
(a) Ursa Major
Ursa is also known as Big Dipper, Great Bear or Saptarshi
It has 7 major stars - 3 stars in the handle and 4 stars in the bowl
(b) Orion
Orion appears as a hunter
It has 8 major stars - 3 stars appear in the belt and five stars appear to be arranged in form of a quadrilateral
