The Constellation Explosion In Greek Mythology

Though Apollo was a hot headed god, as he was the god of the sun, he was also cunning. When he knew that Orion was swimming far in the ocean away from Artemis, Apollo came to his sister and challenged her to an archery contest. Artemis was incredibly proud of her abilities as an archer, and so, eagerly accepted the challenge as a way of besting her brother. Artemis welcomed Apollo to point to anything, and she would hit the target easily. Apollo pointed to a small dark speck on the horizon, which he knew was Orion's head, and invited his sister shoot, which she did. Of course, Artemis hit the speck true. It was only when Apollo had already left and Orion's body had washed ashore that Artemis realized the cruel trick that her brother had pulled. In her grief, the Virgin Goddess turned her love into stardust, and gave him a honored place in the heavens.

One that is less complex to tell is Apollo's Hatred. Orion was well loved by many. Artemis was very fond of Orion, as were many goddesses. Artemis' brother Apollo was upset about this. He decided to get rid of this hero. One day while Orion was swimming, Apollo brought his sister Artemis out for some target practice. He tricked Artemis into hitting the smallest target that she could find. That target happened to be the head of Orion. Orion was killed instantly and the god Apollo rejoiced. Another well known story of Orion's death was when he stepped on the scorpion, Scorpius. Sadly Orion's lion skin could not save him from this unfortunate accident. He was also killed. After he had died, the god Zeus placed him in the sky as a constellation. He also put Scorpius in the sky, but he moved him far away from Orion so the two could never cross paths

Now the creation myth. This is the version I heard. Orion was the first male in Artemis's sisterhood. He helped them hunt both prey and enemies, as a friend. As you might know, Artemis had sworn off marriage and any other affairs with men. Yet, despite

Orion, who hated the stars and everything they stood for asked the bull, "Why are you out here so late? Is there something in the heavens that intrigues you?" "I dream of living among the stars," the bull replied, "To fly way up and become a glimmer in the night sky." "That's rubbish", said Orion, who was a practical man and knew that bulls couldn't fly and that no one could reach the heavens except for the Gods. Orion left, angrily, unaware that something magical would happen soon after. As the bull sat there staring up at the stars, he became so overcome with longing that he began to cry. Far away in the night, Zeus heard the Bull's crying and decided to offer the bull a way to get to the stars. He disguised himself as an old blind man and made the long journey

Ursa Major, translated from Latin means "Larger bear/Great Bear". This constellation contains the group of stars commonly known as the Big Dipper, although apparently many people to this day confuse the Big Dipper as a constellation itself however it is but an asterism, a distinctive group of stars.

The ancient Greeks saw the figure of the Greek myth Orion in the nighttime sky. There are several different stories about the birth of Orion. According to one version of the myth, Orion was the son of a poor shepherd called Hyrieus. Once, Zeus, Hermes, and Poseidonstopped by Hyrieus'house. Hyrieus was so generous with his guests that he killed the only animal he had-an ox.

In Greek mythology, Orion was a giant. There are several versions of the myth of Orion. One of them tells that Orion had raped Merope, daughter of Oenopion, who therefore left him blind. Helios restored his sight and then became Orion's hunting companion of Artemis and Leto. He vowed to destroy every thing that had on earth, so Gea got angry and gave birth to

Orion was likely the son of poseidon-the god of the sea.This is because Orion could walk on water.As Orion was a great hunter when he died zues placed him among the stars as the constillation of Orion.

Pegasus is my favorite constellation. Pegasus is also my nickname because if you take the first parts of my name you get the basic description of a Pegasus. The star that burns the brightest is Epsilon Pegasi. It is found in the NQ4 quadrant. It is the 7th largest constellation.

The legends say the Orion got drunk and attacked a woman. Her father, angry with Orion, blinded him and banished him from the island of Chios. Orion stumbled his way to the forges of Hephaestus, who lead him up to an altar to Helios. Orion was healed by the sun god and returned to Chios to exact revenge on the woman's father, but the man had fled. Angry, he moved on to the island of Crete, and proved his hunting worth to the goddess Artemis.

sky due to it's brightness and shape. Cassiopeia is a constellation with an important myth in

Star called: Regulus, which means “King Star.” You think to yourself “That’s odd… why did Jupiter or

Red Giant-A Red Giant star is a dying star in the last stages of steller evoultion.In a few years(billions) our own sun the thing that gives us light,that helps us survive on this dang earth will turn into a Red Giant Star.A red giant star reaches to about 100million to 1 billion kilometers.100 to 1000 times the size of the sun today.The energy is spread across a larger

Any star larger than 8 solar masses in it’s regular main sequence lifetime is known as a Massive Star. Nebulae, a cloud of dust is how Massive Stars are born. Of the star is 8 times more than the sun it is considered to be a Massive Star.

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest mass object in the solar system of all the other planets. Jupiter is twice the size of all the other planets combined. It is as 318 times the sizes of earth. The distance that Jupiter orbits the sun is 778,330,000 km (Gallant pp154). The diameter is 142,984 km and the mass that it has is 1.900e27 kg. Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky after the Sun, the Moon and Venus. Mars is some times brighter. Galileo discovered Jupiter in 1610(Gallant); another interesting fact is that Jupiter has 4 large moons. Which are known as the Galilean moons. They were named Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. The first mission that went to Jupiter was Pioneer 10 in 1973 and later