Kochab and Pherkad: Outer bowl stars of the Little Dipper

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Kochab and Pherkad: Outer bowl stars of the Little Dipper

Kochab and Pherkad are the outer stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper. Meet Kochab and Pherkad Tonight, find the stars Kochab and Pherkad in the Little Dipper. You can’t ever find the Little Dipper? That’s because it’s fainter and looks less like a dipper than the Big Dipper. The Big Dipper appears high in the northeast sky at nightfall on spring evenings. And it wheels above Polaris at late evening. So, how do you find Polaris? If you draw a…