Lub hnub qub Ursa Minor tsuas muaj nees nkaum tsib lub hnub qub uas tuaj yeem pom ntawm qhov muag liab qab. Nws tsis muaj qhov tshwj xeeb ci ntsa iab galaxies lossis nebulae, thiab nws tsis muaj cov pawg. Lub ntsiab txawv feature ntawm lub constellation Ursa Minor tsis yog lub xub ntiag ntawm tej yam, tab sis qhov tseeb hais tias nws yuav yooj yim pom nyob rau hauv txhua lub sij hawm ntawm lub xyoo.
Nyob rau hauv astrology ntawm Sumerians, Assyrians thiab Babylonians, nws tau hu ua "Sun of Libra Anu", los yog "Tshav ntuj Scales". Nyob rau hauv Greek mythology, Ursa Minor yog ib tug constellation txuam nrog nymph Callisto. Raws li Greek tus kws tshawb fawb Ptolemy, nws cov hnub qub zoo li Venus hauv lawv "kev cuam tshuam" thiab, qee qhov, Saturn.
Hais lus Greek myths xwb, ib tus tsis tuaj yeem hais txog kev sib txuas ntawm lub ntiaj teb xws li lub hnub qub Ursa Minor thiab cov lus dab neeg ntawm kev yug los ntawm tus vajtswv Zeus. Vaj tswv-Earth Gaia, cawm nws tus tub los ntawm nws txiv Kronos, uas devoured nws tus kheej cov me nyuam, coj me ntsis Zeus mus rau Mount Ida. Nyob ntawd, hauv lub qhov tsua dawb ceev, Gaia tawm musnws nyob rau hauv kev saib xyuas ntawm nymphs Melissa thiab Kinosura. Ua tsaug rau qhov no, tau dhau los ua Vajtswv Lub Siab Tshaj Plaws thiab Olympian, Thunderer tau tsa Melissa rau saum ntuj ceeb tsheej hauv daim ntawv Ursa Major, thiab Kinosura hauv daim ntawv Ursa Minor. Nyob rau hauv ancient Greek maps Ursa Minor yog hu ua Kinosura.
Lub hnub qub Ursa Minor yog txuam nrog nws "tus tij laug loj" - Ursa Major. Lawv paub txog lawv cov qauv hnub qub txaus nyiam (lub npe hu ua ladles). Nws yog Lub Pob Loj thiab Me Me uas tau siv hauv kev taug kev txij thaum ub los. Nyob rau yav qab teb latitudes, sab qaum teb ncej yog heev "tilted". Yog li ntawd, lub hnub qub qaum teb, uas cim lub ntsis ntawm tus Tsov tus tw ntawm Ursa Minor, yuav qis heev, nyob ze ntawm lub qab ntug.
Qhov zoo tshaj plaws mosaic ntawm xws li lub hnub qub xav tsis thoob li lub hnub qub Ursa Minor yog tus thawj coj los ntawm ob peb lub hnub qub ci - Kokhab (tseem hu ua Beta Ursa), uas pom ntawm sab xis, thiab lub hnub qub qaum teb sab laug, ntawm lub taub hau ntawm tus Me Dipper, taw rau sab qaum teb ncej.
Lwm qhov kev nyiam tshaj plaws yog qhov Me Hanger asterism. Qhov no yog ib hom kev txo qis ntawm lwm asterism hu ua yooj yim Hanger (nyob rau hauv lub constellation Chanterelles). Lwm asterism ntawm no constellation yog Pob Zeb Diamond Ring. Cov hnub qub tsim ib lub nplhaib ncig ntawm North Star.
Lub hnub qub Ursa Minor thiab nws cov nebulae nyob ntau pua xyoo deb ntawm peb lub ntiaj teb. Tib qhov deb - thiab mus rau North Ncej Hnub Qubkev thaj yeeb. Cov huab nyias nyias ntawm cov pa roj thiab hmoov av tau teeb pom kev los ntawm txhua lub hnub qub hauv peb lub galaxy ib zaug, thiab tsis yog los ntawm ib lub hnub qub tshwj xeeb.
Lub hnub qub no me me, nws tsis muaj qhov loj loj emission nebulae los yog plua plav tsaus nti, vim lub hnub qub no nyob rau sab nrauv ntawm Milky Way, deb ntawm lwm tus. Txawm li cas los xij, daim ntaub nyias nyias zoo li cov pa roj thiab plua plav thiab cov nebulae permeate nws. Nws yog ib qho nyuaj rau pom lawv, thiab, hmoov tsis, nws yuav luag tsis yooj yim sua kom tau txais cov duab zoo ntawm lub hnub qub nrog cov duab ntawm cov pawg no.
