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A guide to patterns in the night sky with star stories from around the world People around the world and through the centuries from the ancient Egyptians to the Pomo of California have given names to the patterns they see in the night sky The latest book in the Finders series of pocket guides introduces constellations from many cultures and shows how to find them in the sky With hints for stargazing seasonal star maps and constellation profiles heavily illustrated by the authorMost useful for stargazing between the 30th and 50th parallels in the northern hemisphere In North America this includes the contiguous United States except the Florida peninsula and southernmost Texas and southern Canada Also includes southern Europe Turkey northern China and Japan. Source. http://www.ducksters.com/science/physics/constellations.php. Key Concept. I can explain how astronomers . divide the night . sky and why this is important?. What is a constellation?. A constellation is a group of visible stars that form a pattern when viewed from Earth. The pattern they form may take the shape of an animal, a mythological creature, a man, a woman, or an inanimate object such as a microscope, a compass, or a crown.. BY. AALIYAH and SPENCER. This is are constellation . pisces. and now we are going to tell you some . intersring. facts about stars in our constellation.. The stars in our constellation is . lota,beta. THE CONSTELLATIONS. The Big Dipper. Is identified by the 4 main stars that make up the pan or dipper and the 3 stars in the tail. You use the 2 stars on the end of the pan as the pointing stars to find Polaris the North Star in the tail of the Little Dipper. The 2 stars that are the pointers are . Myth. Science. Stars Only. Star Map. By Gus Ciuffo. Myth. In . the beginning, there was only Uranus and his mother/wife, Gaia. Gaia was Mother Earth, so she would control the way earth works. Uranus was the god of the sky, so he had made the sun to aid Gaia’s creations. Together, Gaia and Uranus could to amazing things. The problem was, the sun was only around for about 12 hours a day, which meant that they couldn’t do anything for half the day. Creations would take way longer than they needed to because of night time. The creation of the first sun took a millions of years, even when Uranus hadn’t done anything yet and was completely energized. Night time was big inconvenience, so they really needed to solve this problem.. Warm-Up. A group of stars that . form . a pattern.. MYP Unit Question. : What’s out there?. Area of Interaction. : Human Ingenuity. Learner profile:. Risk Taker. Standard. : Explore current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved.. We three kings of Orient are. Bearing gifts we traverse afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain. Following yonder star. O Star of wonder, star of night. Star with royal beauty bright. Westward leading, still proceeding. Kennedy & Brett. Ancient Greece. Constellations. We inherited most of the names for our constellations from the Greeks. They named them after mythological heroes and legends that they believed in. . 2016. O little town of Bethlehem, . How still we see thee lie! . Above thy deep and dreamless sleep. The silent stars go by; . Yet in the dark street . shineth. . The everlasting Light; . The hopes and fears of all the years. What is a constellation? Warm-Up A group of stars that form a pattern. MYP Unit Question : What’s out there? Area of Interaction : Human Ingenuity Learner profile: Risk Taker Standard : Explore current scientific views of the universe and how those views evolved. What is Science Fiction?. A writing style that combines science and fiction . It is driven by the desire to ponder the question “What if…”. It is only limited by our imagination!. “Science Fiction is a story about human beings, with a human problem and human solutions which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.”. Cassiopeia. is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty.. . The constellation . Check this Out!. Why do Stars Move . A. cross the Sky?. Arrow of Time , Milky Way Time Lapse Collection. Constellations in Motion. What is a Constellation?. A constellation is…. a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.. Perfect for stargazers and armchair astronomers of all ages, CONSTELLATIONS is a beautifully illustrated, fascinatingguide to all 88 constellations, including an illustrated star map for each.In CONSTELLATIONS, award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schilling takes us on an unprecedented visual tour of all 88 constellations in our night sky. Much more than just a stargazer\'s guide, CONSTELLATIONS is complete history of astronomy as told by Schilling through the lens of each constellation. The book is organized alphabetically by constellation. Profiles of each constellation include basic information such as size, visibility, and number of stars, as well as information on the discovery and naming of the constellation and associated lore. Beyond details about the constellation itself is information about every astronomical event that took place or discovery made in the vicinity of the constellation. In the constellation of Cygnus (the Swan) we encounter the location of the first confirmed black hole. A stop at Gemini (the Twins) is a chance to say hello to the dwarf planet Pluto, and in Orion (the hunter) we find the location of the first identified gamma-ray burst.Stunning star maps throughout the book by acclaimed star mapmaker Wil Tirion show us the exact location of every constellation, the details of its structure, as well as its surrounding astronomical neighbors. Astrologers generally believe that the movements and positions of celestial bodies can inform them about events experienced on a human scale or that predictions can be made from them.. Astrology is the NONSCIENTIFIC study of the sky and celestial bodies..