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Constellation of Ursa Major- Chile

author: S.Guisard/Novapix

reference: a-cst38-10001

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 22 cm

Symbol of the Northern hemisphere sky, the big Dipper can also be seen from the Northern regions of the Southern hemisphere. This image showing the big dipper "upside-down" was taken in the Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) in the San Pedro de Atacama region, Northern Chile, at a latitude close to the tropic of Capricorn. This latitude is just enough to let the 7 main stars of the constellation to be visible.

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2008 - ASTERISM - ASTRONOMY - ATACAMA - BIG DIPPER - CHILE - CONSTELLATION - DESERT - LANDSCAPE - NIGHT - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STARRY SKY - URSA MAJOR -