help finding Little Dipper?

I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me if I have identified the Little
Dipper correctly in this constellation page. My school currently has no
tutor for Astronomy and I simply and wondering if I have my starting
point correct - I have outlined Little Dipper in light green.

Constellation jpg in link below.
Thanks for any help - sorry I cannot post in active html link:

http://photos.yafro.com/pics3/i/2005...6d290_full.jpg


Carlton

Your star field seems to correspond well to what would be seen looking
south on 15 Jan at 15:00 EST (UT -5):
http://www.skyviewcafe.com/skyview.php
The applet also identifies star names with a cursor touch. Polaris is
centered just above the middle at a latitude of 51=B029' N. The default
location is Greenwich Observatory.

BTW, if you are seeing the *north* pole star, you are definitely NOT
looking 'south' are the caption in your picture suggests.
It should perhaps state that 'the bottom of the picture is the southern
horizon.'

Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA

BTW, you correctly identified the Little Dipper.

The confirmation should come from the Big Dipper (aka "The Plough" or
"Charles' Wain"), off to the left, positioned such that they appear to
be pouring into each other.

Tom Davidson
Richmond, VA

wrote:

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BTW, if you are seeing the *north* pole star, you are definitely NOT
looking 'south' are the caption in your picture suggests.
It should perhaps state that 'the bottom of the picture is the southern
horizon.'


The text says "facing", not "looking", but it's certainly true that
from that position looking at Ursa Minor would require that one tilt
one's head backwards well past the zenith -- unless located in the Arctic.

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Odysseus