Big Dipper

To follow on comments about constellations made in my previous posting, I've looked up the distances from earth of five stars in Ursa Major (Large Bear) or Big Dipper. They are:

Alkaid - 210 light years
Mizar - 59 ly
Alioth - 490 ly
Merak - 78 ly
Dubhe - 105 ly

So obviously, viewed from a different angle, millions of miles away, Big Bear would be no more. Poor guy.