Stargazing 101: Cygnus The Swan

Stars Castor, Pollux, Alhena, Wasat, Clown Nebula, Tejat Posterior, M35, NGC 2372 all make up this constellation. Although not all of these star names are featured in the Gemini Greek myth, Castor and Pollux are. The myth goes like this: Gemini, the constellation of course, represents two twins. Castor and Pollux, although they do not have the same father. Pollux's father is Zeus, also known as Jupiter in Roman mythology, who made their mother pregnant as a swan. And Caster's father, King Tyndarus of Sparta who is Lena's husband. Therefore, Pollux is immortal and Caster is not. Lena also had another child with Kind Tyndarus, Helen, also known as Helen of Troy. Continuing on with the story, Pollux, being immortal, was famous for his incredible strength and Castor was famed for his skill will horses. Other accomplishments include, both of them traveling as argonauts to find the Golden Fleece. As well as fighting in the Trojan war to help bring their sister, Helen home to her

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.

I've picked the constellation, Aquarius, as my topic for this assignment. I chose this star constellation because my sign is Aquarius, therefore I thought it would be fun and entertaining to do for the project and I would also love to learn more about my sign. The Aquarius is located in the Southern Hemisphere and is one of the oldest recorded constellation of the Zodiac. It is a very large constellation; it spreads out over 980 square degrees and it is the 10th largest constellation in the sky. There aren't many bright stars in the sky, so it's hard to see without a telescope in handy, but you can try and see if you can find it with the naked eye! The Aquarius was recorded during the second century by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy. The constellation name means "cup bearer" or "water bearer" in the Latin language. The

Hera- Was the supreme goddess, patron of marriage and childbirth, having a special interest in protecting married women.

There are numerous versions of the myth of Orion, but one of the more common

Following on with the Greek myth, there are also several constellations that border the Andromeda constellation, Perseus, Cassiopeia, Lacerta, Pegasus, Pisces, Cepheus and Triangulum, but the ones to note are the ones from the myth: Perseus, Cassiopeia, Cepheus and in some versions of the tale, Pegasus. Her future lover and king, her mother, her father and the winged steed that aided Perseus.

Although Zeus may be the king of the gods he was far from perfect. Zeus was often known for his immoral behavior towards his wife, Hera. Usually after an enraged

HERA: Hera was the queen of Olympus, and she did not like Zeus marring mortal women, and despised his other wives. Hera had a servant named Argus, who had one hundreds eyes all

Hera is the queen of all Gods in Greek Mythology. She is prominent for being the Goddess of marriage, childbirth, and protecting women from men, who did not treat a women properly. Although she sounds graceful because of her desirable traits, she had a dark side that her husband (and brother), Zeus, created. She is infamously known for her actions caused by jealousy. These acts of jealousy were a factor of her marriage.

Cassiopeia is very interesting constellation with an extremely extraordinary story. Cassiopeia was the wife of an Ethiopian king named Cepheus. Cassiopeia was very beautiful and self-loving. Cassiopeia had promised that her daughter, Andromeda would marry Perseus but Cassiopeia had doubts about her promise. She then persuaded one of Poseidon’s sons, Agenor to interrupt the marriage ceremony and try to take Andromeda for himself. Agenor came with a huge army and a battle commenced. Cassiopeia in the battle started crying out “Perseus must die” but Perseus had a trick up his sleeve. He had just killed Medusa, a gorgon and he had kept her head. He showed the gorgon’s head to the wedding party and they immediately turned to stone, along

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

Zeus once saw a beautiful mortal on Earth. Her name was Alítheia, and she was the daughter of a poor farmer who lived in a village. He was immediately attracted towards her.

The following day…“Hey Hera’’said Zeus. “Oh Zeus you frightened me’’She said.” Oh please,Will you be my queen?’’He said. “Oh

According to ancient myths and legends, Zeus is an interesting god because he is the one who is the strongest and badest god. Zeus’s name means bright or sky. Zeus also had some powerful brothers Poseidon who ruled the sea and Hades who ruled the underworld. Starting by having a lightning bolt to hurl at people whenever he wants to! Zeus has many titles including “Lord of Justice, and he was known to bring peace in a place of violence. Zeus is also known for his many affairs with goddesses and mortal women. But when Hera was looked upon by other men they were severely punished buy Zeus. Zeus’s dad Cronus was so crazy he swallowed his children so they could not over power him and take his throne. He was Cronus and Rhea’s 6th child but

She is the mother of famous twin star, Pollux and Castor. Also, she bore Helen, the most beautiful mortal on Earth causing the great Trojan War. Leda appeared in one of Zeus’s affair, which the story is named “Leda and the swan”.