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title: The Big Dipper with Custom Markers
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# The Big Dipper with Custom Markers {.example-header}

![map-big-dipper](/images/examples/map_big_dipper.png)

Here's a fun one 😃 Let's create a small plot of the big dipper ([Ursa Major](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa_Major)), but with custom star-shaped markers:

```python
--8<-- "examples/map_big_dipper.py"
```

