Every culture known to history and anthropology has seen in the heavens distinctive patterns, called constellations, and formed by the stars.Constellations are usually comprised of bright stars that appear close to each other. There are 88 'official' constellations have known and my favorite one is Phoenix because it was named after the mythical bird that rises from its own ashes so this story makes this constellation interesting . Phoenix constellation lies in the southern sky and It is a relatively small constellation, but it is the largest among the 12 constellations created. The constellations Phoenix, Grus, Pavo and Tucana, are known as the Southern Birds.
In Greek mythology, a phoenix is a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated
The constellation that rises from the East is Hercules. The constellation that is high in the south
One of the most familiar constellations in the night sky aside from the Big and Little Dipper is Orion, the Hunter. Made identifiable by the three bright stars that make up "Orion's Belt", Orion is easily recognized throughout the world due to the convenient position upon the celestial equator, allowing the constellation to be seen from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. I chose this constellation as my favorite because it was, in fact, one of the first myths that I had ever learned, and also because it was the easiest constellation that I was able to find from my Constellation Atlas as a child. The constellation of Orion is comprised of mostly of blue stars: young, hot burning, giant stars that range from 243 light years to 1,359
I choose to discuss the constellation Draco, or "The Dragon." I choose this constellation because a dragon is perhaps my most beloved and favorite creature of all time, magical or not. This constellation was also featured in my favorite movie of all time, "Dragonheart." Draco was just one of the constellations listed by Ptolemy, a 2nd century astronomer and it is circumpolar, or never setting. Draco consists of fourteen main stars, with its brightest star being y Dra. The constellations lies near Hercules and Ursa Major, in the North.
I have chosen the Perseus Constellation. I chose that contallation because I have always liked the Greek Gods mythology. Perseus, named after the Greek Mythology hero, is a constellation in the Northen Sky. Perseus is bordered by Aries and Taurus to the south, Auriga to the east, Camelopardalis and Cassiopeia to the north, and Andromeda and Triangulum the west.
In today's society, constellations are known as a group of stars that when viewed from our planet earth, form a pattern that we can see at night with the unaided eye. There are also groups of constellation families; such as the Ursa major family, the Perusues Family, the Hercules Family, the Orion Family, the Bayer Group, the Heavenly Waters, the La Caille Family and finally the most known constellation group; the Zodiacal Family. The zodiacal family consists of the zodiac constellations signs. These signs usually describe your personality and who you are as a family. The constellation, Leo, is my zodiac sign, and in my particular interest for it depicts who I am. The Leo constellation is the twelfth largest constellation in the night sky and
There are millions upon millions of stars that light up the night sky. Some of these stars are grouped together in a way that creates a shape or figure; these shapes have been studied for thousands of years by people all around the world. Some civilizations have even dedicated stories to these figures in the sky; most of these shapes or constellations have their origins in Greek and Roman mythology. The constellation I chose as my favorite is Taurus, the bull. While Taurus is one of the constellations featured in the zodiac, my reasons for choosing it as my favorite constellation are not in relation to the story of Zeus and Europa; I chose Taurus because the Pleiades or "Seven Sisters" (a star cluster) are located inside of the constellation.
I've chosen to speak about the constellation Crux, commonly known as the Southern Cross, since this was the first constellation I learned to recognise in the night sky. Despite being the smallest official constellation, it is one of the easiest to recognize and, on the Southern hemisphere, it's used to locate the South Celestial Pole. The Crux constellation is formed by 4 main stars: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Crucis.
I've choosen apus as my favourite constellation, because it is a very inconspicuous constellation, but yet very beautiful. I love this simplicity of the constellation. It's the 67th of the 88 modern constellations. It's covers an area of 206 square degrees. It's located in the southern hemisphere and can be seen between the the latidutes +5° and -90°. Apus doesn't contain any known planets and it's brightest star is "Alpha Apodis".
The Constellation I will be talking about today is Orion, Commonly known as The Hunter. Orion's is a hunter from Greek Mythology and is one of the most recognizable constellations. Orion has some of the brightest stars(some examples are Betelgeuse and Rigel) and is one of the prettiest winter constellations in my opinion.
Swan constellation-is a constellation north. Is one of the 48 constellations of Ptolemy and one from 88 modern constellations. Due to the Group's main star pattern is sometimes called the Northern Cross in contrast to the Southern Cross. Bird figure who gave his name to the group of stars interpreted across the Milky Way as it flies toward south. I chooed this constellation because its the most beautiful constellation in the sky.
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
Ursa Major is the one constellation I have often thought of since my childhood. I just remember, in elementary school, going on a field trip to the planetarium for my science class. The whole day was fascinating but the part that really blew me away was being shown all of the stars of the sky. When shown the sky bear, it some how lodged itself in my memory for years to come, it's so beautiful. Now, when the stars come out at night, it's one of the first things I look for. Ursa Major is made up of some of the brightest stars in the universe (seven of which make up the big dipper) so it truly makes itself know to all of the world.
Every clear, cloudless night, away from the bright town lights, the night sky treats us to a dazzling spectacle. Countless twinkling stars shine down from the heavens, sprinkled all around like fairy dust. It’s illustrated right above us much like Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. But just like the painting, the display is complex and difficult to understand. There are many different parts of the sky with many different topics to go over. One of those topics is the intricacy of constellations. In order to understand what exactly they are, one must start from the beginning, so the most appropriate place to start off is the birth of a star.
Almost every culture throughout history has named constellation. These cultures used the stars for various reasons. Greeks believed the gods had placed the stars in the skies to tell stories of the past. The constellations were names after their gods such as Orion, Hercules, and Aries just to name a few. Also in more practical ways the stars were used to help agriculture. Since it was more difficult to tell time ans seasons in the past stars could be used to tell what time of the years it was depending on its visibility. When Orion's star was at its highest viability farmers knew winter was coming. On top of agricultural purposes Stars could help people navigate since stars remained constant in their positions. One of the most well know
An artifact, similar to the lunar and Venus objects, was found to be the oldest image of a star pattern and was inscribed on an ivory tablet from around 32,500 years ago. Its figure on the front represented Orion, and on the back were 86 notches that was said to have symbolized two things, the number of days the star Betelgeuse was visible, and the days subtracted from the year to represent the gestation period of a baby in the womb. An interesting coincidence also happens with China, although most other constellations in the Chinese sky were visualized different from their European counterparts, the Chinese also had a hunter represent the constellation we know as Orion. Known as Shen, who was also a warrior, represented a similar description to Orion except Shen held a sword and bow, while Orion was shown with a pelt and