Why Are Constellations Important

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

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 today's society, there are 12 familiar constellations that we mostly know and play a significant role. These are knowns as the 12 zodiac sign. They are grouping star that lies along the ecliptic- the plane in which our solar system lies. Usually, they are listed by each month of the year, for example, the order goes by as “Capricorn's, Aquarius, pieces, Aries, Tauro, Gemini, Leo Cancer, Libra, Virgo, scorpions and Sagittarius. the 12 zodic mark the beginning of the fouth season, navegation and somestimes to identify a person

First, the zodiacal constellations provide the backdrop for the pathway of the sun around our sky each year, and of the moon for every month. Since the sun’s path lies within these constellations, you know you can look for them along the approximate path that the sun follows during the day from east to west across the sky. The constellations of the Zodiac should be visible during the month of October.

The Taurus constellation is one of the zodiac constellations. It is a very prominent constellation in the northern hemisphere during the winter. I chose this constellation because the Taurus is my zodiac sign. The constellation symbolizes the bull; a cow like animal with large horns on it's head. The Taurus constellation boarders the Auriga, Perseus, Aries, Cetus, Eridanus, Orion, and Gemini constellations. The constellation consists of nineteen main stars. Four of those stars are brighter than 3.00m.

If you look outside your window and stare up at the night sky, you will see multiple little, tiny, bright dots. At first, the bright dots will look like nothing. The stars will just be random little dots, but if you look a little more you will start to see that these stars connect in different ways. If you look a little closer you can start to see figures and patterns. These pictures in the night sky are called constellations. For many years in history, people, scientists, and astronomers have observed and studied the constellations. They would see a figure among the stars and come up with a name and story as to why they are up in the sky. They would name the constellations according to what was important to them. For example, the Chinese would

I've decided to write about the constellation called Sagittarius. I've chosen this specific constellation because my zodiac sign is Sagittarius. It has been listed by the astronomer Ptolemy in 2nd century. The word Sagittarius means Archer and it's derived from Latin. It's usually represented by a centaur drawing a bow.

My favorite constellation would be the Cassiopeia. It is one of the most recognizable constellations in the northern sky during night time in fall and early winter. It has a W shape formed by five bright stars. It is part of the 48 constellations written in Ptolemy's work in the 2nd-century and still part of the 88 modern constellations today.

For this essay, I chose the constellation Corona Borealis. It was one of 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, an astronomer of the second century. Its Latin name is translated as “Northern Crown”, due to its crown-like shape. The brightest star in the constellation is Alpha Coronae Borealis, and is a magnitude 2.2 star. Other notable stars in the constellation include R Coronae Borealis, a yellow supergiant, and T Coronae Borealis, also known as the Blaze Star, which is a recurrent supernova. Corona Borealis covers 179 square degrees (0.433% of the sky), placing it 73rd in size of the 88 recognized constellations. It is positioned in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, and is surrounded by Hercules (to the east), Boötes (to the north),

This constellation takes its name from the maiden Andromeda Greek mythology and this is the story of Andromeda. Andromeda's mother, Cassiopeia, having boasted of being as beautiful as the Nereids, trigger the anger of Poseidon, who decided to flood the earth and sent to the sea monster Ceto. Cepheus, Andromeda father knew that the only solution was give his daughter to the monster. For this, he left her chained

Cassiopeia Constellation is in the Northern sky. It is named after the conceited Queen Cassiopeia of Greek Mythology. It is a circumpolar constellation meaning that

The constellations have been used for quite a few things like navigation, agriculture and used to predicted the seasons and more. The many two that the ancient people used the constellations for were navigation and agriculture. The ancient Greeks and Romans used the North Star called Polaris just by looking at how high Polaris appeared in the sky at night. This allows them to sail the ships across the seas and to let them know where they are in the sea. The European also used the constellations to sail across the sea for the discovery of America and the spread of European

I chose to talk about the story behind the constellation Libra because it is one of the constellations I observed. Libra is also known as Chelae, which means claws and is considered to be part of the Scorpio constellation. This star formation is supposed to represent the scorpion’s claws. The Romans discovered Libra in the first century BC but apparently when they discovered it the moon actually inside the constellation. The Romans considered Libra to be a favorite constellation, because of its association with balanced seasons and equal length of night and day. The Romans were not the only ones to think this because the Babylonians called it ZIB.BA.AN.NA, which means “the balance of heaven,” about a thousand years before Christ. So slowly

The purpose of this assignment is for students to learn how to recognize the Aquila constellation in the night sky and learn about the stars and mythology behind it.

Friday, July 14, 2017, I had the pleasure to go see one of Nick Payne’s play, Constellations, performed beautifully at the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. At first glance, this theatre looked like an art house and it was built in the 1920s, but walking into the performance space I was transformed into the world with a group stars called Constellations.