The Big Dipper is clearly visible in the winter night sky.
Tonight the Big Dipper is clearly visible.
The children looked up at the sky, searching for the Big Dipper.
the Big Dipper; the Plough; the Plow
the Big Dipper; the Plough
the Big Dipper on a winter night
great authority; eminent person; luminary
Standard kanji spelling for the Big Dipper asterism.
From Chinese 北斗 (Běidǒu), literally 'northern dipper'. The Japanese reading ほくと is the on'yomi.