If you follow a line through the "pointer stars" (the two stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper farthest from the handle)away from the open end of the dipper,the first moderately bright star you come to is:
A) Polaris, the North Star.
B) Spica, in Virgo.
C) Arcturus, in Boötes.
D) Vega, in Lyra.

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The "pointer stars" in the Big Dipper point directly to Polaris, the North Star, which is the first moderately bright star you encounter when following the line away from the open end of the dipper.

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