Multiple Choice
If one follows a line through the "pointer stars" (the two stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper farthest from the handle) away from the open end of the dipper, the first moderately bright star the observer comes to is
A) Polaris, the North Star.
B) Spica, in Virgo.
C) Arcturus, in Bootes.
D) Vega, in Lyra.
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