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1. Ursa Major or the Great Bear or Saptarishi or the Big Dipper
 This constellation comprises of seven major stars.
 These stars form the shape of a big question mark or a ladle.
 The handle of the ladle is made by joining the 3 stars in a row and the remaining
four stars are in the shape of the bowl of the ladle.

Locate pole star using Ursa Major

The bowl of the ladle has two end stars
on the far side.
Joining these stars with a line and
extending this imaginary line towards the
top of the ladle, a faint star which meets
this line is the pole star.

2. Orion or the Hunter
 It is one of the most magnificent constellations of the sky.
 It comprises of 7 or 8 bright stars.
 There are three stars in the middle that appear as the belt of a hunter.
 The remaining four stars are arranged in the form of a quadrilateral.

Locating Sirius Star using Orion

The Sirius Star is the brightest star of the sky.
It can be located with the help of the Orion
constellation.
If we draw an imaginary line through the three
stars in the middle of the Orion and extended
further we will reach the brightest star, Sirius.