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Draw sketches to show the relative position of prominent stars in
(a) Ursa Major and
(b) Orion

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(a) Ursa Major appears like a big dipper. There are three bright stars in the handle and four stars in the bowl of the dipper (as shown in the given figure).

Ursa Major (b) Orion appears like a hunter. Three bright stars appear in the belt, while five bright stars are arranged in the form of a quadrilateral
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