Join Jordan and Kit as they retell and ret-con the Greek mythology of the constellation Ursa Major and Ursa Minor!

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro 00:36 Background 05:33 Myth Retelling 10:50 Myth Analysis 13:14 Retconstellation 17:31 AI Oracle 20:17 Outro

Keywords/Topics Covered: Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Constellation Myths, Greco-Roman Mythology, Cosmic Hunt, Ancient Astronomy, Callisto Myth, Zeus Mythology, Artemis And Callisto, Indigenous Star Lore, Babylonian Astronomy, Chinese Astronomy, Polaris North Star, Myth Retelling, Starry Time Podcast, Circumpolar Constellations, Orion's Belt, Comparative Mythology, Greek Gods, Mythological Retcons

Join Jordan and Kit as they enter Into the Wild and discuss the astronomy of the constellation Ursa Major!

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Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:02 Background 01:53 First Impression and Where to Find Ursa Major 04:49 Brightest Star 08:23 Bayer's Variable Star 12:20 Gold Star 18:03 Outro

Keywords/Topics Covered: Ursa Major, Big Dipper, Astronomy, Ptolemy, Johann Bayer, Bayer designation, Fritz Zwicky, I Zwicky 18, Chemically Peculiar Stars, Hubble Deep Field, Hubble Space Telescope

Season 3 is afoot! Join Jordan and Kit as they venture Into the Wild and explore the astronomy of the constellation Ursa Minor.

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Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:16 Background 02:32 First Impression and Where to Find Ursa Minor 03:55 Brightest Star 07:44 Bayer's Variable Star 10:30 Gold Star 14:42 Outro

Keywords/Topics Covered: Ursa Minor, Little Dipper, Polaris, North Star, Astronomy, Ptolemy, Navigation, Circumpolar Constellations, Bayer Designation, Dark Matter, Dark Spheroidal Galaxy, Radio Galaxy, Seyfert Galaxy, Cataclysmic Variable Star, Satellite Galaxy, Ursa Minor Dwarf