Ursa Major best-known patterns in the sky. Like many of its common names allude to, its shape is said to resemble either a ladle, an agricultural plough or wagon; in the context of Ursa Major, they are commonly drawn to represent the hindquarters and tail of the Great Bear. Starting with the "ladle" portion of the dipper and extending clockwise (eastward in the sky) through the handle, these stars are the following: Except for Dubhe and Alkaid, the stars of the Big Dipper all have proper motions heading toward a common point in Sagittarius. A few other such stars have been identified,
Ursa Minor (album) to state at concerts that the band was planning on returning back to the materical to complete "Ursa Minor". By the end of 2012, it was reported that Jenkins had ultimately dropped the "Ursa Minor" album idea. Jenkins revealed that the change in plans had been a result of changes in band members since the release of "Ursa Major". Much of "Ursa Major" and "Ursa Minor" had been written with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, who after the release of "Ursa Major", sued the band for missing song-writing credits and publishing royalties for "Ursa Major" and the "Red Star" EP. Fredianelli had