Ursa Minor

• Many people know Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, as the asterism the Little Dipper. Ursa Minor lies almost entirely inside the constellation of Draco.
  
  

Draco

• Draco, the dragon, appears to wrap Ursa Minor in its long tail. Draco belongs to the small group of constellations that strongly resembles its namesake. The constellation receives its namesake from the dragon slain by Cadmus in Roman mythology.
  
  

Canes Venatici

• Canes Venatici, or the hunting dogs, include two bright stars that some describe as hunting Ursa Major along with the bear hunter, Boötes. This small constellation lies south of Ursa Major. Johannes Hevelius first introduced Canes Venatici in 1690 in the text "Firmamentum Sobiescianum."
  
  

Boötes

• Boötes, known commonly as the herder or bear driver, lies southeast of Ursa Major and east of Canes Venatici. Boötes includes the fourth-brightest star in the sky, the red giant Arcturus. Ovid describes Boötes as Arkus, the bear-hunting son of Callisto. Zeus prevented Arkus from killing his mother in bear form by turning them both into stars and installing them in their places in the sky.
  
  

Coma Berenice

• In 247 B.C., Konon of Samos named Coma Berenice after the beautiful hair of the Egyptian Queen Berenice. When her husband went to war, Queen Berenice promised her hair to the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite, in return for his victorious return home. When her husband arrived safely, Aphrodite placed the hair in the sky for all to enjoy its beauty. Coma Berenice is lies between Canes Venatici and Boötes.
  
  

Corona Borealis

• The Corona Borealis forms a crown with it's brightest star, Gemma, standing as the center jewel. Ovid describes how the crown of Ariadne, a princess of Crete, became immortalized in the sky by the god Bacchus after she helped Theseus defeat the minotaur.
  
  

Camelopardalis and Leo Minor

• Camelopardalis, the giraffe, lies in a region of the sky otherwise bare of stars. Leo Minor, or the Small Lion, appears to form a small, dim triangle in the sky at the feet or southern edge of Ursa Major.
  
  

Lynx

• Some say the Lynx appears to form a fence in front of Ursa Major. This constellation appears very faintly in the night sky and its discoverer, Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius, named the constellation the Lynx because only an individual with "lynx eyes" could make out its stars.