preview

Aratus Constellations

Satisfactory Essays

Who Discovered the Constellations The modern constellation system comes from the ancient Greeks, but the information comes from a Greek poem called Phaenomena written about 270 B.C by Greek poet named Aratus. Today we know that this isn't the first discovery of the constellations, but no one knows for sure who first discovered them.But we do have a possible theory; which comes from the fact that Aratus’ constellations didn't include any from the south hemisphere that area of the sky was below the horizon of the ancient constellations-makers. This shows us that the people responsible for the original constellations lived near a latitude of 36° north--south of Greece, north of Egypt; this is similar to the latitude of the ancient Babylonians

Get Access