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File Name: 72735_north_star
Description: "Two stars in the Big Dipper opposite the handle indicate the direction toward the North Star, which, though not very bright, is the first very noticeable star in line." -Wiswell, 1913
Source: Wiswell, Leon O. Globes and Maps (Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1913) 16
Keywords: astronomy, stars, finding north, north star, big dipper, plane, earth, sun

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