If You Follow the Arc of the Handle of the Big

question 166

Multiple Choice

If you follow the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper away from the dipper,the first moderately bright star you come to is:

• A) Polaris, the North Star.
• B) Spica, in Virgo.
• C) Arcturus, in Boötes.
• D) Vega, in Lyra.

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