summer is a perfect time to find the Big
Dipper

but it's not a constellation it's an
asterism one part of a larger

constellation

if you face Northwest after sunset
you'll easily spot the Big Dipper high

in the sky

the Big Dipper is only part of the
larger constellation Ursa Major the Big

Bear

it marks the rear end and tail while
other fainter stars Mark the head and

pause now face sounds to find two more
asterisms one looks like a fish hook and

the other looks like a teapot the fish
hook is the body and tail of scorpion

scorpion

while the teapot is the torso bow and
arrow of Sagittarius the Archer who is

half man half horse

he has his arrow firmly aimed at the
break red star marking the Scorpions

heart and tarts

these asterisms are sometimes easier to
find the entire constellations

so keep looking up