Bootes, the bear-driver:
Bootes is an ancient constellation with many stories attached to
it. The word Bootes means "ox driver" and the constellation
is said to be a farmer using the the plough (the Big Dipper) to
plough his fields. In other stories Bootes is known as the bear-driver
as he is following the two bears of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor around
the sky. Bootes is easily found by following the arc of the handle
of the Big Dipper to the bright star Arcturus (the third brightest
star in the night sky).
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