世界实时:大熊座
2022-09-12 16:48:16|
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大熊座
大熊座(Ursa Major,UMa)是北天星座之一,位于小熊座、小狮座附近,与仙后座相对。春季适合观察,是著名的北斗七星所在星座。在地球上不同纬度的地区,所能看到的星座是不一样的。在北纬40°以上的地区,也就是北京和希腊以北的地方,一年四季都可以见到大熊座。不过,春天,大熊座正在北天的高空,是四季中观看它全貌的最好时节。
Ursa Major
Ursa Major, (Latin: “Greater Bear”) also called the Great Bear, in astronomy, a constellation of the northern sky, at about 10 hours 40 minutes right ascension and 56° north declination. It was referred to in the Old Testament (Job 9:9; 38:32) and mentioned by Homer in the Iliad (xviii, 487). The Greeks identified this constellation with the nymph Callisto, who was placed in the heavens by Zeus in the form of a bear together with her son Arcas as “bear keeper,” or Arcturus;