Ursa Minor contains an asterism colloquially known as the Little Dipper because its brightest stars seem to form a ladle, or dipper shape. The star at the end of the dipper handle is Polaris, the North or Pole Star. Polaris can also be found by following a line through the two stars which form the end of the "bowl" of the Big Dipper, a nearby asterism found in the constellation Ursa Major.