Sunday, July 17, 2011

The Stellar Constellation

Sometimes at night when we look at the sky, we could see lots of stars shining in the sky and since old times the stars astound many people. a person who study about the stars is called Astronomers and the very first Astronomers are the farmers and shepherd who observe the stars in the sky to look for signs of change of season. Many of the stars name are from Greek because they are the first Astronomers who made a catalog of stars based on stars they saw. They also try to link together the stars that appear connected and form a pattern in the sky. For example, a constellation that looks like a hunter with a bright belt is called Orion, the hunter. The stars are named based on its place on the constellation and the stars brightness. For example, the brightest star on the scorpius constellation are named α scorpii because α is the first letter in Greek alphabet, α scorpii is also called Antares which mean "another Mars" because of its bright red color that looks like Mars.
 The Scorpius constellation

Orion, the Hunter 
                                       
                                                











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