The Night Sky - Tales of the Dipper

Darrell Heath of the UA Little Rock College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, dives into the story of the big and little dipper and how to spot it.

[ayantikajas]

Awesome storytelling !! 💜
I'm loving these mythological references

[homegrownjoe]

Amazing. So helpful and really well presented. Thanks.

[sriniteen]

In Indian mythology, Mizar and Alcor are known as Vashistha and Arundhati (wife of Vashistha). The two stats are known for their closeness and synchrony that in certain Hindu wedding rituals, the stars are pointed out to the wedding couple.

[patstokes]

thank you so much, I had a hard time understanding why, while viewing the Big D that sometimes it was right side up and then up side down. Didn't realize that, of course it would change with season and earth ordination

[rccrashburn]

Darrell Heat, as usual, excellent astronomy content on this UALRTV Channel !

[edstrazz]

Amazing! I wish this guy read me stories before bedtime. Well, I guess he can.

[RuleNoNoNames]

Excellent video and story telling for the Dipper stars, in reality, those are just stars far away from us, and coincidence is they form some shape or pattern, which human can relate to stuffs they have seen in human life.

[svetlanadelight]

What a great video. Thank you, very much 🤩🥰

[agerven]

Wonderful video!
Of course i new about the Big (and little) dipper and the North star, and use that knowledge when on vacation at night :) Didn't know all the other details and stories you presented to us. Very nice, and thank you!

[shirishsharma]

A Very Good Description With Ancient Time, Stories.

[pp-bqpu]

Polaris or north star in indian astrology is called Dhruv(meaning: axis or fixed) star.
Similarly there is another star in south which never changes its position called agasthya (meaning : having no obstacle before). This also corelates to the less land form in southern hemisphere.
Namaste 🙏

[blinkybill]

Thanks Darrell. Greetings from Down Under!

[travisrobinson]

This was absolutely wonderful! Thank you!!

[audoliarosarimolina]

Great video. I just learn a little more about Constellation!!

[patricktenorio]

I wanna hear more stories about mythology, that was cool!🤗

[JamesChan]

Great video, a smart mesh-up of astronomy, mythology and story-telling.

[genesisthepoet]

Great and interesting video... thank you for this

[HollomanUFOLanding]

UK / Europe = The Plough

PS - just to muddy the waters further, the term 'Big Dipper' in the UK commonly means a rollercoaster. No common term for 'dipper' as a food utensil. Big Dipper is really just a USA term.

[minishakk]

2:39 can anyone spot the big dipper in the little dipper photo? (its at the bottom of the Ursa Minor

[halillika]

In my country, Albania we call it 'the Bear with six cubs'.