The Greater Bear. The constellation Ursa Major contains the group of stars commonly called the Big Dipper. The handle of the Dipper is the Great Bear's tail and the Dipper's cup is the Bear's flank. If you draw an imaginary line from Merak through Dubhe out of the cup of the dipper, and continue five times as far as Dubhe is from Merak, you will arrive at Polaris, the North Star.