[PW] Question for John Dyson

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting Charles Early <cearly at pop200.gsfc.nasa.gov>:

> Or for anyone else who cares to try.  We just got a query from someone who
> is translating a brochure for a museum in Illinois:
>
> What is the correct Spanish translation for "Big Dipper" (the
> stars)?  Dictionaries say "Osa Mayor," but that actually refers to the
> complete constellation Ursa Major, not just the seven stars within the
> constellation that make up the Dipper.


Hello Charles,

The Big or Great Dipper is el Carro Mayor; the little one is el Carro 
Menor: the Big and Little Wagon or Cart.

John Dyson