Serpens

THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE CONSTELLATIONS The constellations in the Northern hemisphere that I chose to observe are: Sagittarius, Scorpius, Hercules, Aquila and Ophiuchus. 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

about the South Side Serpens coming again to his family's ranch and taking everything that they have. Every year the Serpent’s come and take almost everything that Timothy and his family has. Then suddenly the doorbell rings and Timothy woke up in a sudden movement frightened and scared. Running down stairs to see who rung the doorbell. His mom was already at the door when he was down stairs. As his mom was about to open the door Timothy said to himself, “Please don’t be the Serpens again, please don't

thirteenth sign of the western zodiac, especially after discovering that my birthdate falls between its designated dates. I developed a further interest in this constellation after reading about its overlap with the constellation Serpens (the serpent in question), as Serpens is unique among the 88 modern constellations as the only one to be split into two halves; separated by Ophiuchus in the middle. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century and was first mentioned in

interested me as a Slytherin for the obvious snake connections. Ophiuchus is the thirteenth constellation of the zodiac, and was added astrologically in 2011. It's represented as a man grasping a snake, the snake being the separate constellation Serpens. The second closest star to Earth, Barnard's Star, is within the Ophiuchus constellation. The Romans associated the Ophiuchus constellation with Asclepius, a renowned healer who observed a serpent healing another serpent with a healing herb. This

Her name has long since been forgotten, but her actions will live on until the End. She was a Witch, neither good nor evil. There may have been others like her, who created other galaxies, or she may be responsible for all of what is. Nobody knows. Before her, there was only black, and she grew tired of existing in complete darkness. So she made the stars, which lit up her working space. And then she made the Sun, for heat. She created all the planets, each served a purpose for her work, and helped

16 planets and is home to the bright blue hyper-giant Pistol Star . The constellation is visible to the naked eye and is best viewed during August around nine in the evening. It is located in the center of the Milky Way and borders Aquila, Scutum, Serpens Cauda, Ophiuchus, Corona Australis, Telescopium,

Borealis, Corvus, Crater, Cygnus, Delphinus, Draco, Equuleus, Eridanus, Gemini, Hercules, Hydra, Lacerta, Leo, Leo Minor, Lepus, Libra, Lynx, Lyra, Monoceros, Ophiuchus, Orion, Pegasus, Perseus, Pisces, Piscis, Austrinus, Sagitta, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Serpens, Sextans, Taurus, Triangulum ,Ursa Major ,Ursa Minor, Virgo and Vulpecula. John Flamsteed served 40 years as astronomer royal and after John Flamsteed retired his assistant Edmond Halley took over as astronomer royal.

behind it. Lyra is a rather small constellation occupying an area of around 286 square degrees and is located in the fourth quadrant of the northern hemisphere, it belongs to the Hercules family with other constellations such as Cratar, Ara and Serpens. Lyra is centered around other constellations such as Draco, Hercules and Cygnus. But even being surrounded by all these other constellations it still includes one of the brightest stars in the sky which is Vega, which happens to be the fifth brightest

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

Carbon is a light atom with 6 protons and usually 6 neutrons in its nucleus. Sometimes Carbon can contain 8 neutrons but in that form the nucleus is unstable. With the nucleus being unstable, the element falls apart through radioactive decay. This rate of decay is consistent over long periods of time. Because this certain type of carbon (Carbon-14) is in many materials, measuring the amount of carbon-14 in that material lets us figure out that material’s age. This is known as carbon dating. (Miodownik