ACTIVITY #7: CONSTELLATIONS

    

 CONSTELLATION

One constellation is a group of stars, that at night, they do an imaginary form. Usually they are imagined forms of people, Greek characters,  animals and objects. Afterwards, the constellations were used for night navigation. In space there are 88 constellations.

These are some of the most famous constellations:

The Greeks were the first ones to discover constellations, this is why more constellations have they originally name in Greek.

If you want to search for constellations it will be easily if you go somewhere far from the city, and lighting roads and highways. Better if the climate it’s not very hot. If you complete all these circumstances you can start searching constellations easily way.

To orientate yourself you can search the Ursa minor, which is the one who marks the north. Another constellation you can search is Southern Cross which marks the south. If you’re in the sea you can search for the Astrolabe.

The four constellations:

Draco:

Pegasus:

Scorpius:

Libra:

Now we will explain the myth of the Capricorn constellation. Rhea was afraid of Kronos, his husband, because Kronos had eaten all their children. So when Zeus was born (their 6th son) She hid him from his father, instead of giving his son, she gave him a stone and Kronos believed her.

Zeus was raised by a goat called Amalthea, because Rhea entrusted Amalthea to protect his son of Kronos. When Amalthea died, Zeus made a constellation of Amalthea, which is now called Capricorn.

The Capricorn constellation is the second constellation less brighting in space, and it is the smallest one.

It is forded for ten principals stars. The brightest star is Deneb Algedi.

Capricorn means goat with horns.

Jana and Júlia