Like use another constellation or a star in another constellation (i.e. North Star) to help locate Perseus.|||I usually locate Perseus relative to Cassiopeia. Perseus is just to the southeast, off the stretched end of Cassiopeia's "W".|||The Perseids are one of the most famous and most glorious meteor showers.
http://seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/perseu鈥?/a>|||while sitting there go to google sky it will show you exactly where it is in relation to where you are.|||injanier uses the same method I use. Cassiopeia is easy to find in the Northern sky. I'm sure you have seen it - it looks like a W. If you take the W, imagine it's right side up, and split it into two Vs, then take the left hand V and extend the right side of that V downward, the next big group of stars is Perseus.|||use the Big Dipper and Polaris to find one of the constellations surrounding Perseus, and from that constellation find Perseus.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Is intelligent life possible in the Orion Constellation?
Of course there's some sliver of life possible almost anywhere, but my question is, is it possible for some stars in the Orion Constellation to support Earth-like planets with intelligent life? Do the star-types support it? Do we know for sure if these stars have/support planets at all? Answers that have strong astronomical science behind them are the best. Thanks!|||I don't think so since the Orion nebulae is to yung to provide conditions for forming planets sustaining life.|||its a patch of drastically different distanced stars and nebula. its not just two dimensional.
taking all three dimensions increases the odds and separation dramatically.
it IS a small patch of the entire universe
we've even seen planets forming in nebulae in the constellation in the forms of disks.called proplyds
http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/shst鈥?/a>
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jpw/images/re鈥?/a>
do we know if they support life???........... uhm..... who knows?
many objects within the constellation are actually distant galaxies. within each of those, there are thousands of opportunities for life..... more than likely there is some kind of life in there somewhere. intelligent? so far I'd suspect very absolutely probably unlikely. but still possible.|||First we have to get a really good definition for life before we do statistical analysis on probable sites for life. We look at life as something similar to our life forms. For all we know the most common form of life may be some kind of silicon base life form submerged in an atmosphere of chlorine gas and swimming in an ocean of hydrochloric acid.
Yes, there are so many possibilities, there is no reason no to believe that there isn't life out in Orion Constellation. It is probably a most shocking form of life, something we are not prepared to meet.|||Drake is a hack.
there is one thing you have to know about "life in the Universe".
We don't know.
sorry.
nope, we don't know.
can a F2 star have planets with a habitable zone? don't know.
stay tuned!
(PS.. why Orion?)|||There is an equation devised by a mr Drake that calculates the possible number of civilizations that could be in our galaxy|||Yes, we know for sure...but no one is telling. It's o.k., though. There is intelligent life in the Orion Constellation...evidence is that they hold elections better than we do...........|||Oh... Anythings possible :P
taking all three dimensions increases the odds and separation dramatically.
it IS a small patch of the entire universe
we've even seen planets forming in nebulae in the constellation in the forms of disks.called proplyds
http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/shst鈥?/a>
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jpw/images/re鈥?/a>
do we know if they support life???........... uhm..... who knows?
many objects within the constellation are actually distant galaxies. within each of those, there are thousands of opportunities for life..... more than likely there is some kind of life in there somewhere. intelligent? so far I'd suspect very absolutely probably unlikely. but still possible.|||First we have to get a really good definition for life before we do statistical analysis on probable sites for life. We look at life as something similar to our life forms. For all we know the most common form of life may be some kind of silicon base life form submerged in an atmosphere of chlorine gas and swimming in an ocean of hydrochloric acid.
Yes, there are so many possibilities, there is no reason no to believe that there isn't life out in Orion Constellation. It is probably a most shocking form of life, something we are not prepared to meet.|||Drake is a hack.
there is one thing you have to know about "life in the Universe".
We don't know.
sorry.
nope, we don't know.
can a F2 star have planets with a habitable zone? don't know.
stay tuned!
(PS.. why Orion?)|||There is an equation devised by a mr Drake that calculates the possible number of civilizations that could be in our galaxy|||Yes, we know for sure...but no one is telling. It's o.k., though. There is intelligent life in the Orion Constellation...evidence is that they hold elections better than we do...........|||Oh... Anythings possible :P
What does it mean to say that the moon is in a certain constellation , such as Taurus?
if you look at the moon , when it is dark , does it mean that area or how would you see the area that is this constellation?|||Constellations are areas in the sky. They're bordered by imaginary lines, like countries. The moon changes position against the stars constantly. When it is in line with a constellation, that's when we say it is in that constellation.|||The constellations in our sky have specific boundaries, set by international agreement in 1930. Most are much larger in area than the full moon (which only takes up half a degree of the sky).
As the moon moves in our sky, it moves through different constellations.|||Two great answers above me. I'll try to give you an analogy.
Look outside, and hold your thumb out at arms length, and close one eye. Look at where your thumb is compared to the background objects and let's say it is directly in front of the red house. An analogy would be, "your thumb is in the 'red house' constellation."
Now move your thumb so it is placed in front of something else, say, a blue house. Now your thumb "is in the 'blue house' constellation."
It's not that the moon is physically in these much more distant star patterns, but, two dimensionally, it appears to be. It's merely an expression that states what direction of space, or what part of the sky the moon is "in" from earth's view.
As the moon moves in our sky, it moves through different constellations.|||Two great answers above me. I'll try to give you an analogy.
Look outside, and hold your thumb out at arms length, and close one eye. Look at where your thumb is compared to the background objects and let's say it is directly in front of the red house. An analogy would be, "your thumb is in the 'red house' constellation."
Now move your thumb so it is placed in front of something else, say, a blue house. Now your thumb "is in the 'blue house' constellation."
It's not that the moon is physically in these much more distant star patterns, but, two dimensionally, it appears to be. It's merely an expression that states what direction of space, or what part of the sky the moon is "in" from earth's view.
I got a project to write on constellation?
I can't start directly from the topic constellation. So i need some tips what to write in the beginning. And the whole project should be of 10 to 12 sentences. So that's what I am confused about.|||If you're talking about constellations (stars), just right like you walked outside and looked up, immediately noticing the beauty above. THen start about constellations.
Does constellation varies on different part of Earth?
I live in Malaysia so does the constellation map available on the internet are the same as what will my night sky look like?|||No. Constellations will look the same from anywhere on Earth, or anywhere in the Solar System for that matter.
They would look almost identical even if you traveled to the Alpha Centaurian star system. You'd have to travel many light-years to notice any appreciable difference.|||Your latitude shifts the north (%26amp; south) horizons amongst the stars. If you shift south (to lesser latitudes like Malaysia from London), the map gets shifted south putting more northern stars below your north horizon while lifting more of the southern stars into view, from their previous hiding under the southern horizon.
There is always a patch of the 'map' in view round the clock (day or night; but in Sun's intense glare you can't see them) around the North Pole Star (Polaris) called 'Circumpolar' stars. On the southern end of the horizon a similar patch of equal area around South Pole, is never visible (below the horizon always); you can call 'Circumpolar invisible' stars. At Equator there are no circumpolar stars of either description.
However, optical phenomena at horizon, haze etc makes star visibility poor affecting 'viewing' unlike the above described ideal case. On the horizon the atmospheric refraction (as rays pass through maximum distance in the atmosphere) actually lifts a star from below the horizon into view. All these effects add up to reduce viewing in general. Once while going on a ship in 'Bay of Bengal' during Full Moon time I hoped to see the Moon touching the waves while rising %26amp; setting. But instead I was disappointed when the Moon before reaching the horizon gradually melted away (like a pat of butter). Stars are affected worse.
Or else everywhere one can hope to see the same stars at the same local time like Sun %26amp; Moon that we take for granted. Only fast phenomena like eclipses happening in less than 24 hours, last only while a particular geographical area is viewing them and others miss them.|||The positions of the stars are the same anywhere on Earth. Official astronomical constellations are also the same (to keep it uniform when astronomers discuss stellar locations/etc)
Internationally, different countries and cultures have assigned different names to various groupings and have even grouped the stars differently - and thus have different mythologies and 'constellations'. These are not ''official'' in astronomical terms, but they are interesting to learn.|||The stars are all so far away from Earth that their patterns don't change. However, your location will determine what constellations are visible on a particular night at a particular time. A planisphere or computer planetarium software will help you with this.|||They do look different as in there are different stars in the north hemisphere and the south hemisphere.|||constellation map for Malaysia will. The earth hides most stars from where your standing
They would look almost identical even if you traveled to the Alpha Centaurian star system. You'd have to travel many light-years to notice any appreciable difference.|||Your latitude shifts the north (%26amp; south) horizons amongst the stars. If you shift south (to lesser latitudes like Malaysia from London), the map gets shifted south putting more northern stars below your north horizon while lifting more of the southern stars into view, from their previous hiding under the southern horizon.
There is always a patch of the 'map' in view round the clock (day or night; but in Sun's intense glare you can't see them) around the North Pole Star (Polaris) called 'Circumpolar' stars. On the southern end of the horizon a similar patch of equal area around South Pole, is never visible (below the horizon always); you can call 'Circumpolar invisible' stars. At Equator there are no circumpolar stars of either description.
However, optical phenomena at horizon, haze etc makes star visibility poor affecting 'viewing' unlike the above described ideal case. On the horizon the atmospheric refraction (as rays pass through maximum distance in the atmosphere) actually lifts a star from below the horizon into view. All these effects add up to reduce viewing in general. Once while going on a ship in 'Bay of Bengal' during Full Moon time I hoped to see the Moon touching the waves while rising %26amp; setting. But instead I was disappointed when the Moon before reaching the horizon gradually melted away (like a pat of butter). Stars are affected worse.
Or else everywhere one can hope to see the same stars at the same local time like Sun %26amp; Moon that we take for granted. Only fast phenomena like eclipses happening in less than 24 hours, last only while a particular geographical area is viewing them and others miss them.|||The positions of the stars are the same anywhere on Earth. Official astronomical constellations are also the same (to keep it uniform when astronomers discuss stellar locations/etc)
Internationally, different countries and cultures have assigned different names to various groupings and have even grouped the stars differently - and thus have different mythologies and 'constellations'. These are not ''official'' in astronomical terms, but they are interesting to learn.|||The stars are all so far away from Earth that their patterns don't change. However, your location will determine what constellations are visible on a particular night at a particular time. A planisphere or computer planetarium software will help you with this.|||They do look different as in there are different stars in the north hemisphere and the south hemisphere.|||constellation map for Malaysia will. The earth hides most stars from where your standing
What constellation is located at Right Ascension 0 hour?
What constellation is located at Right Ascension 0 hour?|||All lines of Right Acension pass from the North Celestial Pole to the South Celestial Pole, and hence will pass through several constellations. 0H passes from Ursa Minor, cuts the tip of Cepheus, through Andromeda, etc., passing the ecliptic at Pisces. There are quite a few websites with sky maps. Skyandtelescope.com is one of the more useful ones.|||The Zodiac Pisces is at 0h 30m Right Ascension, +10掳 declination.
If you're looking at a different declination, you'll need to tell us.
If you're looking at a different declination, you'll need to tell us.
What's the order the Sun will appear next to each constellation over the next several hours until sunset?
There is Aquarius, Capricornus, Sagittarius, Scorpius, and Libra. And why did you rank it like you did?
Rank each constellation based on how close to the Sun they are at sunrise (6am) to how close to the Sun they are at sunset (6pm).
Thank you!|||The sun and stars do not move around us, so whatever sign of the Zodiac it was next to when it rose is the same one it will be next to when it sets in the evening.
The sun "passes" in front of one constellation of the Zodiac each month.|||You seem to think the constellations remain in a fixed location in the sky as the sun moves throughout the day. They don't. The constellations move through the sky along WITH the sun, at almost the same rate. If the sun is next to Aquarius at sunrise, it will remain next to Aquarius all day, and still be next to Aquarius at sunset. That's because Aquarius is moving throught the sky at the same time.
This is because the earth rotates!
It takes about a month for the sun to move from one zodiac constellation to the next.|||Your question doesn't make any sense. The Sun doesn't appear to move that fast through the constellations. It spends roughly a month in each constellation. It can't travel trough five constellations between now and sunset.|||sounds like homework ... really? u want people 2 do ur homework FOR u?!
Rank each constellation based on how close to the Sun they are at sunrise (6am) to how close to the Sun they are at sunset (6pm).
Thank you!|||The sun and stars do not move around us, so whatever sign of the Zodiac it was next to when it rose is the same one it will be next to when it sets in the evening.
The sun "passes" in front of one constellation of the Zodiac each month.|||You seem to think the constellations remain in a fixed location in the sky as the sun moves throughout the day. They don't. The constellations move through the sky along WITH the sun, at almost the same rate. If the sun is next to Aquarius at sunrise, it will remain next to Aquarius all day, and still be next to Aquarius at sunset. That's because Aquarius is moving throught the sky at the same time.
This is because the earth rotates!
It takes about a month for the sun to move from one zodiac constellation to the next.|||Your question doesn't make any sense. The Sun doesn't appear to move that fast through the constellations. It spends roughly a month in each constellation. It can't travel trough five constellations between now and sunset.|||sounds like homework ... really? u want people 2 do ur homework FOR u?!
Can a Sony Cybershot DSC鈥慦220 take a picture of a constellation?
I need to take a picture of the constellation Aquila for a class project but I want to know if my Sony Cybershot DSC W220 camera will be able to take a picture of the constellation?? If not whats the cheapest best camera to take a picture of the constellation? Thanks!|||According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_%28c鈥?/a> , it is best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of August.
the only way to find out if your camera can take a decent photo of it is to give it a try.
Good luck
the only way to find out if your camera can take a decent photo of it is to give it a try.
Good luck
What is the myth behind the constellation Virgo?
What is the stories that was orginated about the constellation Virgo?|||Virgo was Ceres, the mother (patroness) of crop fertility. She is usually pictured carrying a spike (a shief, a shock) of some cereal crop. Spica is the brightest star in that "spike."
|||Ceres, goddess of agriculture.
When the Sun gets to that constellation, it is time to harvest the grains.
It could also represent Astraea (daughter of Zeus), goddess of Justice -- the "scales of justice" Libra is the next constellation over (near her feet).
I have read some interpretations where she represents Callisto, but Callisto is already in the sky as the Great Bear (she was changed into a bear by the very jealous Hera, then killed by a hunter -- Zeus took pity and placed her among the star with her child, the small bear).
And there are many more minor myths.|||its closer then you think
|||Ceres, goddess of agriculture.
When the Sun gets to that constellation, it is time to harvest the grains.
It could also represent Astraea (daughter of Zeus), goddess of Justice -- the "scales of justice" Libra is the next constellation over (near her feet).
I have read some interpretations where she represents Callisto, but Callisto is already in the sky as the Great Bear (she was changed into a bear by the very jealous Hera, then killed by a hunter -- Zeus took pity and placed her among the star with her child, the small bear).
And there are many more minor myths.|||its closer then you think
What was the last star constellation that you saw?
That'll be our constellation. :) You'll think of me whenever you see it.|||I honestly don't know
Sorry|||Orion's belt at the beginning of the movie I'm watching. Colors.|||Ursa Major.|||The Dig Dipper|||I was just looking up at Cepheus.
Sorry|||Orion's belt at the beginning of the movie I'm watching. Colors.|||Ursa Major.|||The Dig Dipper|||I was just looking up at Cepheus.
How can I find the constellation in Aries?
Astronomers say that astrology is off by 24掳 and that, instead of Taurus, the constellation of Aries goes from April 13th - May 14th. Which direction do I look if I live in the southwestern part of the U.S?|||Aries is a small region of relatively dark sky between Taurus and Pisces. When you can find the Pleiades, that small patch of faint stars in Taurus that so many people mistakenly believe is the little dipper, Aries is just to the west of that. (To the right, if you in the northern hemisphere, facing south.) It will be best visible in about six months.
The sun is in Aries right now. This is the meaning of the Astrologic periods. If someone is born in Taurus, for example, that means when the sun is in Taurus. But as someone has pointed out, it is not actually in those constellations during the times indicated by astrology. The positions have been thrown off by the precession of the equinoxes.|||astrology is how ppl in olden times figured things out. it didnt work very well. we know more than they did. we use teh internet too. it works better. we arent smarter than olden ppl but we know more than they did.
teh sun is in aries right now. you cant see it. so there.|||Astrology is crap.
The sun is in Aries right now. This is the meaning of the Astrologic periods. If someone is born in Taurus, for example, that means when the sun is in Taurus. But as someone has pointed out, it is not actually in those constellations during the times indicated by astrology. The positions have been thrown off by the precession of the equinoxes.|||astrology is how ppl in olden times figured things out. it didnt work very well. we know more than they did. we use teh internet too. it works better. we arent smarter than olden ppl but we know more than they did.
teh sun is in aries right now. you cant see it. so there.|||Astrology is crap.
If it is the constellation in which the Sun is, how could people see it during the day time?
How did the ancients discover the Zodiac signs? If it is the constellation for that period that the sun is in, how we could possible see it in day time?|||It isn't that difficult, there are a number of methods one could use.
If you know the altitude of the Sun at local apparent Noon, you know it is at the same declination but 180 degrees opposite of the constellation that you see at local midnight on the same day.
If you see Aries rising in the East just before sunrise, and Gemini setting in the west just after sunset, you know the Sun is located between these two constellations, and you could again, pinpoint its declination with noontime observations.
There are other ways as well, but those are more math heavy.
The easiest, although it takes a long time for it to occur at a specific geographic location, is to wait for a total solar eclipse.|||While it is sometimes possible to see stars during a total eclipse of the Sun, the ancient astronomers mainly figured out the zodiac through careful observation. To anyone who studies the stars, it soon becomes clear that the Moon and all the planets are restricted to a narrow band of constellations in the sky. From observations just before sunrise and just after sunset, it is possible to figure out that the Sun also follows this path, and to determine the date on which it moves from one constellation to the next. Over a period of hundreds or thousands of years, an accurate picture of the Sun's motion was built up.|||You can't, so you have to use calculation. Since there are 12 zodiac signs and they are more or less spaced evenly across the ecliptic, then it seems to be a logical assumption to see which constellation is overhead at midnight and counting six constellations over will give you what constellation is at noon.|||They don't. Why say "possibly", it is impossible.
Sun's location is known by inference.
All know that we can't see the stars around Sun. Still, they (from ancient times, charted out stars in the night sky and handed down to us). Look at the mid-night sky, consult the charts to 'infer' Sun's location. Sun's path is 'Zodiac' (present day Astronomers discarded this nomadic name for an elitist 'Ecliptic') that is a great circle on Celestial Sphere. It cuts the Celestial Equator(other great circle). Both cut at an angle 23.°45.
Stars are there for all of us to see. God provided this spectacle (if you want to view it that way) for human pleasure, enjoyment %26amp; science. No electricity (so obviously no 'night life') was there. Men used to have early meals %26amp; retire. The only avocation for them is to look at the night sky. They did that for several millennia and handed over their folklore to next generation (no language as we know, no writing, no reading then). We don't know who contributed but I am confronted (in Y!A) with questions like 'who discovered Zodiac' (I consider stupid).
Moon's one cycle lasts about a month (29 days between the same phase). Sun's cycle was a year long. They had the Zodiac sectioned into 12 'signs' so that Sun transits a sign in almost the same time Moon executes a cycle. That is how Zodiac (ecliptic) %26amp; signs (constellations) evolved. Ptolemy listed these dozen and another 36 (where Sun, Moon or planets can't go) all over the sky. When the stars were connected as a line diagram (like children do or used to do in their Sunday supplement newspaper) and found (imagined) figures. If you look at the appropriate parts you can see 'Scorpion' or 'Lion' (I see them).Like that all the12 were drawn in the sky. But no one person discovered it; that 'discovery' is the modern obsession. Men from India %26amp; Greeks evolved it and now the signs have almost same names, locations and times.|||I think they worked it out by looking at the constellation patterns at night- you can't see stars during the day because the Sun is so bright.|||It's easy, it's just six months out of step with whatever's opposite the Sun.
If you know the altitude of the Sun at local apparent Noon, you know it is at the same declination but 180 degrees opposite of the constellation that you see at local midnight on the same day.
If you see Aries rising in the East just before sunrise, and Gemini setting in the west just after sunset, you know the Sun is located between these two constellations, and you could again, pinpoint its declination with noontime observations.
There are other ways as well, but those are more math heavy.
The easiest, although it takes a long time for it to occur at a specific geographic location, is to wait for a total solar eclipse.|||While it is sometimes possible to see stars during a total eclipse of the Sun, the ancient astronomers mainly figured out the zodiac through careful observation. To anyone who studies the stars, it soon becomes clear that the Moon and all the planets are restricted to a narrow band of constellations in the sky. From observations just before sunrise and just after sunset, it is possible to figure out that the Sun also follows this path, and to determine the date on which it moves from one constellation to the next. Over a period of hundreds or thousands of years, an accurate picture of the Sun's motion was built up.|||You can't, so you have to use calculation. Since there are 12 zodiac signs and they are more or less spaced evenly across the ecliptic, then it seems to be a logical assumption to see which constellation is overhead at midnight and counting six constellations over will give you what constellation is at noon.|||They don't. Why say "possibly", it is impossible.
Sun's location is known by inference.
All know that we can't see the stars around Sun. Still, they (from ancient times, charted out stars in the night sky and handed down to us). Look at the mid-night sky, consult the charts to 'infer' Sun's location. Sun's path is 'Zodiac' (present day Astronomers discarded this nomadic name for an elitist 'Ecliptic') that is a great circle on Celestial Sphere. It cuts the Celestial Equator(other great circle). Both cut at an angle 23.°45.
Stars are there for all of us to see. God provided this spectacle (if you want to view it that way) for human pleasure, enjoyment %26amp; science. No electricity (so obviously no 'night life') was there. Men used to have early meals %26amp; retire. The only avocation for them is to look at the night sky. They did that for several millennia and handed over their folklore to next generation (no language as we know, no writing, no reading then). We don't know who contributed but I am confronted (in Y!A) with questions like 'who discovered Zodiac' (I consider stupid).
Moon's one cycle lasts about a month (29 days between the same phase). Sun's cycle was a year long. They had the Zodiac sectioned into 12 'signs' so that Sun transits a sign in almost the same time Moon executes a cycle. That is how Zodiac (ecliptic) %26amp; signs (constellations) evolved. Ptolemy listed these dozen and another 36 (where Sun, Moon or planets can't go) all over the sky. When the stars were connected as a line diagram (like children do or used to do in their Sunday supplement newspaper) and found (imagined) figures. If you look at the appropriate parts you can see 'Scorpion' or 'Lion' (I see them).Like that all the12 were drawn in the sky. But no one person discovered it; that 'discovery' is the modern obsession. Men from India %26amp; Greeks evolved it and now the signs have almost same names, locations and times.|||I think they worked it out by looking at the constellation patterns at night- you can't see stars during the day because the Sun is so bright.|||It's easy, it's just six months out of step with whatever's opposite the Sun.
What is the term for a person turning into a constellation in mythology?
What is the term for a person turning into a constellation in mythology?|||Could you be referring to the word -- Apotheosis??
It is used to describe the transition from mortal to the immortal. For instance Hercules was a Greek Hero but became Divine and was worshiped as a God in the Greek Pantheon after his death. I don't know of any word that specifically related a transformation from mortal/animal to constellation.
It is used to describe the transition from mortal to the immortal. For instance Hercules was a Greek Hero but became Divine and was worshiped as a God in the Greek Pantheon after his death. I don't know of any word that specifically related a transformation from mortal/animal to constellation.
Where is the best site for constellation maps?
I'm looking for a detailed constellation map that shows the path of the moon and the locations of stars and constellations not only today, but for the past week as well. Please help me.|||While some seem not too fond of it google earth has a sky feature in it as well now. The one feature it has that others do not is pop up links you can click to get more information in a new window on whatever body you happen to be looking at.. It also has a lot more actual details to look through.
Steallarium and Celestia are also very good although I haven't spent much time with celestia yet.|||Search Wikipedia for the name of the constellation.
For current position of planets and moon, try WeatherUnderground.|||Celestia, Or Stellarium, They are the best!
http://www.stellarium.org/
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/|||Skymaps.com
Steallarium and Celestia are also very good although I haven't spent much time with celestia yet.|||Search Wikipedia for the name of the constellation.
For current position of planets and moon, try WeatherUnderground.|||Celestia, Or Stellarium, They are the best!
http://www.stellarium.org/
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/|||Skymaps.com
What are the names of the stars in the Constellation Aquarius?
Does anyone know all of the names, magnitudes, and distance from the Earth for the stars in the constellation Aquarius?|||Try -
http://www.nightskyinfo.com/constellatio鈥?/a>
And explore from there.|||Sadamelik
Sadalsuud
Sadalachbia
Skat
Albali
Ancha
Situla
Magnitudes of around 3|||Probably not. You'll just have to look them up yourself. Wikipedia is a good place to start.
http://www.nightskyinfo.com/constellatio鈥?/a>
And explore from there.|||Sadamelik
Sadalsuud
Sadalachbia
Skat
Albali
Ancha
Situla
Magnitudes of around 3|||Probably not. You'll just have to look them up yourself. Wikipedia is a good place to start.
How many stars are there in the Capricorn Constellation?
im doing a project thingy and i need to know how many stars there are in the Capricorn constellation.|||This question is impossible to answer. The number of stars in a constellation depends on how faint the stars are you want to count. If you only count first magnitude stars, there are zero stars in Capricornus. If you're using the Hubble telescope, there are billions of stars in Capricornus.|||there are two ways to connect Capricornus, the first way has only 11 stars.
the second, has 12 stars
|||11 principle stars as known by the ancients who invented the constellation (naked eye stars only)|||There are 11 principle stars including the brightest:
Alpha Capricorni (Al Giedi or Algedi)
Beta Capricorni (Dabih)
- which are both binary/double stars:
The constellation is very old and was one of the earliest members of the zodiac, which is strange considering how faint it appears.|||927
the second, has 12 stars
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|||11 principle stars as known by the ancients who invented the constellation (naked eye stars only)|||There are 11 principle stars including the brightest:
Alpha Capricorni (Al Giedi or Algedi)
Beta Capricorni (Dabih)
- which are both binary/double stars:
The constellation is very old and was one of the earliest members of the zodiac, which is strange considering how faint it appears.|||927
What do astronomers mean by a constellation?
What do astronomers mean by a constellation?
A constellation is a group of stars related through an ancient story.
A constellation is a region in the sky as seen from Earth.
A constellation is any random grouping of stars in the sky.
A constellation is a group of stars that are all located in about the same place in space.|||A constellation is a grouping of stars in an area of the sky that forms a recognizable pattern.
There are 88 recognized constellations|||first one hopefully
A constellation is a group of stars related through an ancient story.
A constellation is a region in the sky as seen from Earth.
A constellation is any random grouping of stars in the sky.
A constellation is a group of stars that are all located in about the same place in space.|||A constellation is a grouping of stars in an area of the sky that forms a recognizable pattern.
There are 88 recognized constellations|||first one hopefully
How long does the moon stay in each constellation?
and when it waxes and wanes does this show where it is in the constellation or not??
why and how so??
Thanks for your answers!|||About 2.5 days regardless of its phase. 12 constellations in about 30 days|||2 days and half. Best Wishes
why and how so??
Thanks for your answers!|||About 2.5 days regardless of its phase. 12 constellations in about 30 days|||2 days and half. Best Wishes
Why does the constellation Scorpius contain so many bright stars?
Why does the constellation Scorpius contain so many bright stars?|||The constellation Scorpius along with Sagittarius lies directly in front of the galactic center. This means it lies along an area on the sky where gas and dust should be present on a spiral galaxy - the Milky Way. This is the Sagittarius Arm. As we all know that star formation is mostly present along the arms of a spiral galaxy and so is this region of the sky. The arms contain the most rampant star formation which is contained within OB Groups and open clusters. In this direction of the sky lies the Scorpius-Centaurus-Lupus OB Group. It contains thousands of B stars and some occassional O-type stars. Well, comparatively B and O-type stars are the brightest stars so that answers why the constellation Scorpius has so many bright stars.
Clear skies!|||Maybe because it is seen in the direction of the center of our Galaxy. But also maybe not because the winter stars around Orion are brighter, and that is almost directly away from the center of the galaxy.|||They are likely from the same recent star-formation area.|||Why not?
Clear skies!|||Maybe because it is seen in the direction of the center of our Galaxy. But also maybe not because the winter stars around Orion are brighter, and that is almost directly away from the center of the galaxy.|||They are likely from the same recent star-formation area.|||Why not?
How do I find out when a particular constellation will be on my meridian?
I would like to know when the constellation Scorpius will be on my meridian at 9:00 pm.
Is there a way to figure this out?
-James|||There are any number of stellarium programs online. Formiulab has a free one you don't need to download anything for, if you google "Your Sky" it should be one of the first results.
Then just type in your location, the date and time you want, etc.
You Meridian will run from the horizon at due North, to directly overhead, to your horizon at due south. Any constellation on that line, will be on your meridian at that date and time.
Or, you could always just go outside on a clear night and look at the specified time.|||1. There are many Star charts and Atlases (Norton's; Skalnate Pleso) or in the Net. I started learning from Star charts of Astronomy text book.
2. Scorpius will be on the meridian at around 9 PM on September 1. Even now you can see it an hour or so early.|||You can get a simple planisphere, like one of these -
http://www.skymaps.com/store/cat04.html
Is there a way to figure this out?
-James|||There are any number of stellarium programs online. Formiulab has a free one you don't need to download anything for, if you google "Your Sky" it should be one of the first results.
Then just type in your location, the date and time you want, etc.
You Meridian will run from the horizon at due North, to directly overhead, to your horizon at due south. Any constellation on that line, will be on your meridian at that date and time.
Or, you could always just go outside on a clear night and look at the specified time.|||1. There are many Star charts and Atlases (Norton's; Skalnate Pleso) or in the Net. I started learning from Star charts of Astronomy text book.
2. Scorpius will be on the meridian at around 9 PM on September 1. Even now you can see it an hour or so early.|||You can get a simple planisphere, like one of these -
http://www.skymaps.com/store/cat04.html
Why is the Sun just entering the constellation of Pisces whereas it should actually be entering Aries?
Every constellation is entered by the Sun approximately one month after it should have been entered by it according to the commonly accepted zodiacal concept. This rule seems to apply to all recorded history (source: Stellarium)|||The "commonly accepted" zodiacal concept is NOT commonly accepted.
It is only "accepted" by astrologers, who find it convenient (for their horoscopes) to used fixed dates to identify the "houses" where the Sun is on a given date.
The dates used by western astrologers appear to coincide with the apparent positions of the Sun roughly 2000 years ago.
I do not know which "rule" you talk about. The dates ON AVERAGE would have been somewhat OK about 2000 years ago.
Here is how it was done:
There is roughly 12 months in the year (under lunar calendars, some years have 12 months, other years have 13 months), each month being - in the old days, around 29.5 days long on average. A month would begin either at New Moon (as in the Chinese calendar) or at the first sighting of the Crescent Moon (as in the Muslim calendar).
Thus the apparent position of the Sun against the background of stars, was associated with a group of stars for each month (and yes, there were 13 constellations, the now-forgotten one being Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer). Most of these constellations represented an animal (hence the root zoo- from the Greek word for animal) that the circle of the ecliptic became known as the zodiac (-diac is from another Greek word, for circle).
It is with the adoption of the Roman calendar (12 months based on the solar year) that the zodiac became officially divided in 12 sections (Ophiuchus was dropped). Because the Roman calendar's dates were not based on the Moon, it was much easier to use it with fixed dates.
Because the date for the Spring Equinox was March 21, the date "21" was picked as the astrological starting point. The actual constellations were replaced with "houses" which had the advantage of being of equal width (time-wise) - the constellations themselves were of various width, with some of them being much wider than one month (Virgo, for example).
So astrologers picked 21 March to 21 April as the dates when the Sun was in the house of Aries (for example) even though by that time, the position of the Equinox was very close to moving into Pisces.
Because of precession, the position where the equinox takes place is slowly moving around the ecliptic (one full circle in 25,800 years) so that very "soon" it will take place in Aquarius (sometime after the year 2085 which, in astronomical terms, is very "soon").
So that , if you wait long enough, the houses of the astrologers will be TWO constellations behind on reality.
It does not really matter, since astrology is not based on anything real.
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@ bestonnet_00:
Some astrologers have long understood that they can make lots of money selling horoscope to gullible people and to newspapers that are read by gullible people. That shows that they are not really idiots.
Also, many astronomers used to be astrologers way back then (after all, they too needed to make money every once in a while). It is only in the 17th century (when Newton showed that the orbits of planets could be explained by gravity alone) that astronomy and astrology formally parted company for good.
The best astrologers (meaning = most "successful") are the ones who know how to work gullible people - they also know that their "predictions" are not important. Their role is to give their customers a dream that reality cannot give them. It is very similar to religion in that respect.
"Who should I marry"
"Hmm... I see your Jupiter is in quadrature with the solstice, so I suggest that you marry a Taurus."
It does not matter that a "Taurus" is someone born when the Sun is in Aries or in Pisces. What does matter is that if a person is told that their marriage will work because the spouse is a Taurus, then there is a (slightly) better chance that the marriage will actually work (self-fulfilling prophecy).|||Precession of the equinoces.
In the long and very long range, Sun's address as per any calender day remained almost constant. But instead, the Equator now cuts the Ecliptic about 22掳 or 27掳 back, depending on which year "the first point of Aries" was fixed. I am dealing in the Astronomy of days of yore (one %26amp; a half millennia ago) when this was done and do not confirm to the present day boundaries drawn by Eugene delporte almost a century ago, for the sake of accuracy (you may like to translate to the present day figures of today; but that doesn't diminish the Astronomy content of those days).
With the Ecliptic fixed, only the (Celestial) Equator that slides on it at the rate of about 1掳 in 72 years %26amp; their intersecting nodes slide on the Ecliptic. Once, Vernal Equinox (VE) used to be on 14, April (that is still reckoned as the traditional Tamil New Year wherever Tamils are), but now it is March 20/21. You may see Sun's address amongst the stars for these dates. In about 25800 years the VE will have traversed through March to December, to November, September and all the way back to April 14.
Right now it has entered Pisces for the VE (that was Sun's address corresponding to the traditional Astronomy then).|||The short answer is that astrologers are idiots, every last one of them.
The long answer has to do with precession which has shifted the constellations over the past thousands of years (while the idiot astrologers refuse to update to what is happening now).|||Here is why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQPFoDkGF鈥?/a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Chu4-Vl鈥?/a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsD2Nku6Z鈥?/a>
Physical explanation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLaLvOA7Z鈥?/a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEwAry0GA鈥?/a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KQBFJECf鈥?/a>|||This is due to precession of equinoxes.
The first point of Aries have shifted to about27degrees.
It is only "accepted" by astrologers, who find it convenient (for their horoscopes) to used fixed dates to identify the "houses" where the Sun is on a given date.
The dates used by western astrologers appear to coincide with the apparent positions of the Sun roughly 2000 years ago.
I do not know which "rule" you talk about. The dates ON AVERAGE would have been somewhat OK about 2000 years ago.
Here is how it was done:
There is roughly 12 months in the year (under lunar calendars, some years have 12 months, other years have 13 months), each month being - in the old days, around 29.5 days long on average. A month would begin either at New Moon (as in the Chinese calendar) or at the first sighting of the Crescent Moon (as in the Muslim calendar).
Thus the apparent position of the Sun against the background of stars, was associated with a group of stars for each month (and yes, there were 13 constellations, the now-forgotten one being Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer). Most of these constellations represented an animal (hence the root zoo- from the Greek word for animal) that the circle of the ecliptic became known as the zodiac (-diac is from another Greek word, for circle).
It is with the adoption of the Roman calendar (12 months based on the solar year) that the zodiac became officially divided in 12 sections (Ophiuchus was dropped). Because the Roman calendar's dates were not based on the Moon, it was much easier to use it with fixed dates.
Because the date for the Spring Equinox was March 21, the date "21" was picked as the astrological starting point. The actual constellations were replaced with "houses" which had the advantage of being of equal width (time-wise) - the constellations themselves were of various width, with some of them being much wider than one month (Virgo, for example).
So astrologers picked 21 March to 21 April as the dates when the Sun was in the house of Aries (for example) even though by that time, the position of the Equinox was very close to moving into Pisces.
Because of precession, the position where the equinox takes place is slowly moving around the ecliptic (one full circle in 25,800 years) so that very "soon" it will take place in Aquarius (sometime after the year 2085 which, in astronomical terms, is very "soon").
So that , if you wait long enough, the houses of the astrologers will be TWO constellations behind on reality.
It does not really matter, since astrology is not based on anything real.
---
@ bestonnet_00:
Some astrologers have long understood that they can make lots of money selling horoscope to gullible people and to newspapers that are read by gullible people. That shows that they are not really idiots.
Also, many astronomers used to be astrologers way back then (after all, they too needed to make money every once in a while). It is only in the 17th century (when Newton showed that the orbits of planets could be explained by gravity alone) that astronomy and astrology formally parted company for good.
The best astrologers (meaning = most "successful") are the ones who know how to work gullible people - they also know that their "predictions" are not important. Their role is to give their customers a dream that reality cannot give them. It is very similar to religion in that respect.
"Who should I marry"
"Hmm... I see your Jupiter is in quadrature with the solstice, so I suggest that you marry a Taurus."
It does not matter that a "Taurus" is someone born when the Sun is in Aries or in Pisces. What does matter is that if a person is told that their marriage will work because the spouse is a Taurus, then there is a (slightly) better chance that the marriage will actually work (self-fulfilling prophecy).|||Precession of the equinoces.
In the long and very long range, Sun's address as per any calender day remained almost constant. But instead, the Equator now cuts the Ecliptic about 22掳 or 27掳 back, depending on which year "the first point of Aries" was fixed. I am dealing in the Astronomy of days of yore (one %26amp; a half millennia ago) when this was done and do not confirm to the present day boundaries drawn by Eugene delporte almost a century ago, for the sake of accuracy (you may like to translate to the present day figures of today; but that doesn't diminish the Astronomy content of those days).
With the Ecliptic fixed, only the (Celestial) Equator that slides on it at the rate of about 1掳 in 72 years %26amp; their intersecting nodes slide on the Ecliptic. Once, Vernal Equinox (VE) used to be on 14, April (that is still reckoned as the traditional Tamil New Year wherever Tamils are), but now it is March 20/21. You may see Sun's address amongst the stars for these dates. In about 25800 years the VE will have traversed through March to December, to November, September and all the way back to April 14.
Right now it has entered Pisces for the VE (that was Sun's address corresponding to the traditional Astronomy then).|||The short answer is that astrologers are idiots, every last one of them.
The long answer has to do with precession which has shifted the constellations over the past thousands of years (while the idiot astrologers refuse to update to what is happening now).|||Here is why:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQPFoDkGF鈥?/a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Chu4-Vl鈥?/a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsD2Nku6Z鈥?/a>
Physical explanation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLaLvOA7Z鈥?/a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEwAry0GA鈥?/a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KQBFJECf鈥?/a>|||This is due to precession of equinoxes.
The first point of Aries have shifted to about27degrees.
What is the dimmest star in the constellation Scorpius?
What is the dimmest star in the constellation Scorpius?
And what is its magnitude? Please leave where you found your information. Thanks ;)|||That can't be answered, because the constellations don't consist of only the stars that make the outline of the figure, but of all the stars in that area. The bigger the aperture of the scope you use, the fainter the stars you can see.
This table has many of the naked-eye stars in Scorpius. Maybe that's some use.
http://www.dibonsmith.com/sco_tble.htm
And what is its magnitude? Please leave where you found your information. Thanks ;)|||That can't be answered, because the constellations don't consist of only the stars that make the outline of the figure, but of all the stars in that area. The bigger the aperture of the scope you use, the fainter the stars you can see.
This table has many of the naked-eye stars in Scorpius. Maybe that's some use.
http://www.dibonsmith.com/sco_tble.htm
Is Andromeda constellation on the Spring Sky closer to the horizon or overhead?
Is Andromeda constellation on the Spring Sky( March 21st), midnight) closer to the horizon or closer directly to overhead?|||The Andromeda constellation is below the horizon on March 21st at midnight.|||It is nowhere near overhead at midnight in the spring, it is an autumn constellation.
Name a white dwarf star and what constellation it is located in?
Name a white dwarf star and what constellation it is located in?|||Sirius B (the companion to Sirius A, the 'dog star') is a white dwarf in the constellation Canis Major.
Sirius A,B - Type=A1+DA, Magnitudes=-1.4+8.4, Distance=8.60 ly
This brilliant white star is the brightest star in the night sky and the most luminous star within 25 light years. Its white dwarf companion was first seen in 1852, the first white dwarf ever seen. The orbital period is 50 years.|||Gliese 777 B in the Cygnus constellation, although I think that might be a Red Dwarf. Its part of a binary star system like Sirius and there's planets orbiting around it.|||Procyon B, companion of Procyon A, in the constellation Canis Minoris.
40 Eridani B in the constellation Eridanus.
Sirius A,B - Type=A1+DA, Magnitudes=-1.4+8.4, Distance=8.60 ly
This brilliant white star is the brightest star in the night sky and the most luminous star within 25 light years. Its white dwarf companion was first seen in 1852, the first white dwarf ever seen. The orbital period is 50 years.|||Gliese 777 B in the Cygnus constellation, although I think that might be a Red Dwarf. Its part of a binary star system like Sirius and there's planets orbiting around it.|||Procyon B, companion of Procyon A, in the constellation Canis Minoris.
40 Eridani B in the constellation Eridanus.
How to describe the altitude of a constellation?
What point in a constellation should I use when recording the altitude? The bottom, top, middle, brightest star, or something else? Thanks.|||altitude?.... that's a measure for here on Earth.... a star doesn't have a place here on Earth, so it doesn't have an altitude..... it is x-ly distant, perhaps.....|||Basically the middle makes the most sense. A bright star might be at one end or another, but most of the constellation above or below it, for example.|||I would use the middle of the constellation (a bit vague) or the brightest star in the constellation (more precise).|||I would use the primary star in that constellation.
What is the magnitude of the Orion constellation?
I need to know the magnitude of Orion the Hunter for my science report and I can't find it anywhere! I need to know the magnitude of the constellation. NOT the nebula! Thanks!|||伪 Betelgeuse +0.58
尾 Rigel +0.18
纬 Bellatrix +1.64
未 Mintaka +2.23
蔚 Alnilam +1.70
味 Alnitak +1.70
畏 Algjebba +3.38
喂 Hatsya +2.77
魏 Saiph +2.06
位 Meissa +3.39
蟽 4.2, 5.1, 6.0
蠁 Khad 4.09, 4.39
蠂 +4.39
Orion Nebula +3.0
Trapezium +4.0
The integrated apparent visual magnitude of the above stars and nebulae is 鈭?.08. The integrated apparent visual magnitude of everything in Orion is probably about 鈭?.40.|||The magnitude of a constellation is not a meaningful or useful measurement. You can find the magnitudes of all the visible stars on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sta鈥?/a>|||Constellations don't have magnitudes, because they are collections of many objects. Only single objects, like stars or nebulae, have magnitudes.
尾 Rigel +0.18
纬 Bellatrix +1.64
未 Mintaka +2.23
蔚 Alnilam +1.70
味 Alnitak +1.70
畏 Algjebba +3.38
喂 Hatsya +2.77
魏 Saiph +2.06
位 Meissa +3.39
蟽 4.2, 5.1, 6.0
蠁 Khad 4.09, 4.39
蠂 +4.39
Orion Nebula +3.0
Trapezium +4.0
The integrated apparent visual magnitude of the above stars and nebulae is 鈭?.08. The integrated apparent visual magnitude of everything in Orion is probably about 鈭?.40.|||The magnitude of a constellation is not a meaningful or useful measurement. You can find the magnitudes of all the visible stars on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sta鈥?/a>|||Constellations don't have magnitudes, because they are collections of many objects. Only single objects, like stars or nebulae, have magnitudes.
What constellation will the moon and sun be in on this date?
What constellation will the moon and sun be in December 21, 2012. As well ad December 14, 2012?
I will be very amused if I can get this anwser and very thankful.|||December 14 2012:
Sun: Ophiuchus
Moon: Sagittarius
December 21 2012
Sun: Sagittarius
Moon: Pisces
stork5100 seems to be looking at November rather than December!|||http://www.artideas.com/Why2012/Why2012.鈥?/a>
http://theabysmal.wordpress.com/2006/07/鈥?/a>|||On December 14, 2012, the Sun is in Libra and the Moon is in Scorpius. But it will be a new moon, so don't bother looking for it.
On December 21, 2012, the Sun is halfway between Libra and Scorpius while the Moon -- now in its first quarter -- is in Aquarius.|||Our moon and Sun are in the Milky Way constellation and will most probably remain therein in those dates.
I will be very amused if I can get this anwser and very thankful.|||December 14 2012:
Sun: Ophiuchus
Moon: Sagittarius
December 21 2012
Sun: Sagittarius
Moon: Pisces
stork5100 seems to be looking at November rather than December!|||http://www.artideas.com/Why2012/Why2012.鈥?/a>
http://theabysmal.wordpress.com/2006/07/鈥?/a>|||On December 14, 2012, the Sun is in Libra and the Moon is in Scorpius. But it will be a new moon, so don't bother looking for it.
On December 21, 2012, the Sun is halfway between Libra and Scorpius while the Moon -- now in its first quarter -- is in Aquarius.|||Our moon and Sun are in the Milky Way constellation and will most probably remain therein in those dates.
What constellation is closest to the Libra Constellation?
I am doing an FSE and one of the points needed to know is what the constellation closest to the Libra constellation is.|||I'm not sure what you mean by "closest". The sky is partitioned into 88 constellations (regions of the sky), of which one is Libra, with no gaps in between. I will assume you mean adjacent.
Along the ecliptic, which passes through Libra, is the constellation Virgo on the west and northwest. Staying on the ecliptic, are the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus to the east. To the northeast of Libra is Serpens Caput, the only two-part constellation in the sky. Southwest of Libra is Hydra and south of Libra is the constellation Lupus.
All these regions of the sky are adjacent to Libra. You can read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_%28co鈥?/a>
and at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellati鈥?/a>|||Virgo and scorpio before and after Libra, Ophiuchus on the left.|||No one constellation is closest to Libra; instead a number of constellations surround it on all sides. These are Virgo, Serpens Caput, Ophiuchus, Scorpius, Lupus, and Hydra.|||Virgo (the 2nd largest) to West, NW %26amp; SW, Serpens(-Caput) to North, Ophiuchus to East, Scorpius to South East, Lupus to the South. Centaurus touches it at a point in SW (like New Mexico - Utah).
Along the ecliptic, which passes through Libra, is the constellation Virgo on the west and northwest. Staying on the ecliptic, are the constellations Scorpius and Ophiuchus to the east. To the northeast of Libra is Serpens Caput, the only two-part constellation in the sky. Southwest of Libra is Hydra and south of Libra is the constellation Lupus.
All these regions of the sky are adjacent to Libra. You can read more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_%28co鈥?/a>
and at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellati鈥?/a>|||Virgo and scorpio before and after Libra, Ophiuchus on the left.|||No one constellation is closest to Libra; instead a number of constellations surround it on all sides. These are Virgo, Serpens Caput, Ophiuchus, Scorpius, Lupus, and Hydra.|||Virgo (the 2nd largest) to West, NW %26amp; SW, Serpens(-Caput) to North, Ophiuchus to East, Scorpius to South East, Lupus to the South. Centaurus touches it at a point in SW (like New Mexico - Utah).
Excluding the Big Dipper, what other constellation can you correctly pinpoint in the night sky?
Of course the Big Dipper is an asterism not a constellation. It is only a part of the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear). So what's your second easiest to find constellation next to Ursa Major?|||orion's belt. (and the way the three belt stars look in the sky is the same as the way three freckles sit together on my arm.)|||Orion. He's been my favorite constellation for as long as I can remember.|||Orion, Casiopeia, Cygnus, Hercules|||Orion. And the Pleiades, but that's not a constellation.|||Cassiopeia, and Cygnus.
Where is the Constellation of Scorpio in the Sky in December?
there are meteor showers in the skies right now coming from the Constellation of Scorpio, but, need to know where in the sky the constellation is located. Thank you.|||Currently, Scorpio is behind the sun relative to the position of Earth. The meteor shower occurring right now is the Geminid (peak date; Dec 14). This meteor shower originates near the star Castor in the constellation Gemini.
I hope this helps. Good luck.|||As with all meteor showers, they are visible for several weeks, so get out there and look up! :)
|||On the far side of the Sun, due to our position in orbit around the Sun.
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You are thinking about the Geminid meteor shower, where the radiant point is in the constellation of Gemini, 'The Twins'.|||In dec scorpion is near sun and is difficult to watch.
I hope this helps. Good luck.|||As with all meteor showers, they are visible for several weeks, so get out there and look up! :)
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|||On the far side of the Sun, due to our position in orbit around the Sun.
*********EDIT********
You are thinking about the Geminid meteor shower, where the radiant point is in the constellation of Gemini, 'The Twins'.|||In dec scorpion is near sun and is difficult to watch.
There is a star constellation that looks like a human skeleton. What is it called?
I took an astronomy class a while ago and the instructor showed us a constellation that looked like a human skeleton. I can't remember what it was called and I cant seem to find the information on the internet. If you know the name please tell me.|||There are 88 constellations, only a few have anything to do with people. You have Orion the hunter, Virgo the virgin, Ophiuchus the doctor, Bootes the herdsmen, Auriga the charioteer, and Hercules. There are two Centaurus and Sagittarius that are combinations of people and animals. And nothing that looks like a skeleton. Most don't even remotely look like what they represent. I hope this helps.|||I think yours is a completely unique observation. I am not aware of anyone else ever having reported that there is a constellation that looks like a skeleton.
Maybe it's hiding in your bedroom closet, waiting to jump out and eat your eyeballs.
Happy Halloween!|||None of the constellations look like a human skeleton to me.
Orion looks a little like a person (but not a skeleton):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orion_鈥?/a>|||+Perhaps you are thinking about the constellation "Hercules". It looks more like a stick figure than a skeleton, however it is the closest I can come up with.
Maybe it's hiding in your bedroom closet, waiting to jump out and eat your eyeballs.
Happy Halloween!|||None of the constellations look like a human skeleton to me.
Orion looks a little like a person (but not a skeleton):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Orion_鈥?/a>|||+Perhaps you are thinking about the constellation "Hercules". It looks more like a stick figure than a skeleton, however it is the closest I can come up with.
What are the lines of latitude and longitude of the constellation Perseus?
I keep looking and i only get the declination of +45 degrees and a right ascension of 03h, which i have no idea what it is. The thing is that I'm being asked for the location of the constellation via lines of latitude and longitude. Thank You!|||Declination is analogous to latitude.
Right Ascension is analogous to longitude.
Latitude/longitude apply to the earth. Declination/Right Ascension apply to the sky.
Right Ascension is analogous to longitude.
Latitude/longitude apply to the earth. Declination/Right Ascension apply to the sky.
What does the constellation Orion mean in a dream?
I've never been able to find out this answer.
I had a dream I was with the person I like, I wasn't saying anything and I decided that I should. I looked up at the night sky and saw orion.. What could the Orion constellation mean? The dream goes on but I just need to know what it means.|||Orion mean ;; luck and protection|||Hunting, Searching for something that you cannot achieve, a goal that will never be accomplished.
I had a dream I was with the person I like, I wasn't saying anything and I decided that I should. I looked up at the night sky and saw orion.. What could the Orion constellation mean? The dream goes on but I just need to know what it means.|||Orion mean ;; luck and protection|||Hunting, Searching for something that you cannot achieve, a goal that will never be accomplished.
What are the special, named stars in the constellation Cancer the crab?
Are there any special stars or nebula in this constellation? Not every star.|||Acubens and Al Tarf|||Yes 55 Cancri has planets orbiting it, and there is messier 44 or the Beehive cluster.
Here's more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_%28c鈥?/a>
Here's more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_%28c鈥?/a>
How can it be a constellation and a galaxy?
If individual stars make up constellations (for example, andromeda), how can it be a galaxy as well (seeing as a the andromeda galaxy has more starts than our own)? Or is it not actually an individual star that makes up the constellation, but an entire galaxy that looks like a start?
Also, why is it so many starts we see at night are from other galaxies rather than our own? Does that have anything to do with our position in our galaxy?
Thanks|||the full name of the andromeda galaxy would be 'the M31 galaxy in andromeda'. M31 is its messier catalogue number, and it is in the constellation of andromeda. but astronomers know that constellations are just landmarks - patterns of stars that appear together as viewed from earth. the whole sky is divided up into a few dozen (I think 66) constellations, so that rather than quoting the coordinates of some celestial object, you can just say that it's "in andromeda" or "in scorpius" or whatever. constellations aren't real structures, but galaxies are. galaxies don't look like stars. since the andromeda galaxy is quite nearby (as galaxies go), it takes up rather a lot of sky, more than the full moon.|||It isn't both. The Andromeda galaxy is so named because it is found within the constellation "Andromeda", which is an imaginary "grouping" of stars, which have little or no relation to each other.
The "Crab Nebula" is named because it lies within the constellation Cancer, the Crab.
The stars you see when you look up at night are all members of our own galaxy. The unaided eye cannot make out individual stars in another galaxy, you need a powerful telescope for that. The only exception may be one of the Magellanic Clouds, the closest galaxies to our own, but they are only visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
Constellations, such as Orion, are only imaginary groupings of stars in the observer's mind. The individual stars can actually be thousands of light-years apart and have no realtion to the others. It is our line of sight, and our imaginations that make us see "patterns."|||The Andromeda Galaxy and the Andromeda Constellation are different things.
The Galaxy is named after the constellation, and the constellation is made up from stars in the galaxy.
It depends what time of year it is and where you live, but you should be able to see the constellation sometime. However, the galaxy itself you would not be able to see unless you are in a light pollution free area and maybe have at least some good binoculars.|||The Andromeda galaxy is named after the constellation Andromeda because it is found within it. They are two completely different things, however, just located in more or less the same part of the sky. In other words, a constellation is group of stars imagined by ancient observers to form some kind of picture in the sky. A galaxy is a gravitationally bound congregation of stars numbering in the billions or trillions. In Andromeda's case, about a trillion.|||The Andromeda galaxy was named after the constellation it was found in (it's not really IN the constellation, but far beyond).
The stars we see in the night sky are all in our galaxy, you need a big 'scope to see further.|||Andromeda is the name of two different things. The original andromeda is the constellation. The galaxie is named after the constellation andromeda.
Also, why is it so many starts we see at night are from other galaxies rather than our own? Does that have anything to do with our position in our galaxy?
Thanks|||the full name of the andromeda galaxy would be 'the M31 galaxy in andromeda'. M31 is its messier catalogue number, and it is in the constellation of andromeda. but astronomers know that constellations are just landmarks - patterns of stars that appear together as viewed from earth. the whole sky is divided up into a few dozen (I think 66) constellations, so that rather than quoting the coordinates of some celestial object, you can just say that it's "in andromeda" or "in scorpius" or whatever. constellations aren't real structures, but galaxies are. galaxies don't look like stars. since the andromeda galaxy is quite nearby (as galaxies go), it takes up rather a lot of sky, more than the full moon.|||It isn't both. The Andromeda galaxy is so named because it is found within the constellation "Andromeda", which is an imaginary "grouping" of stars, which have little or no relation to each other.
The "Crab Nebula" is named because it lies within the constellation Cancer, the Crab.
The stars you see when you look up at night are all members of our own galaxy. The unaided eye cannot make out individual stars in another galaxy, you need a powerful telescope for that. The only exception may be one of the Magellanic Clouds, the closest galaxies to our own, but they are only visible in the Southern Hemisphere.
Constellations, such as Orion, are only imaginary groupings of stars in the observer's mind. The individual stars can actually be thousands of light-years apart and have no realtion to the others. It is our line of sight, and our imaginations that make us see "patterns."|||The Andromeda Galaxy and the Andromeda Constellation are different things.
The Galaxy is named after the constellation, and the constellation is made up from stars in the galaxy.
It depends what time of year it is and where you live, but you should be able to see the constellation sometime. However, the galaxy itself you would not be able to see unless you are in a light pollution free area and maybe have at least some good binoculars.|||The Andromeda galaxy is named after the constellation Andromeda because it is found within it. They are two completely different things, however, just located in more or less the same part of the sky. In other words, a constellation is group of stars imagined by ancient observers to form some kind of picture in the sky. A galaxy is a gravitationally bound congregation of stars numbering in the billions or trillions. In Andromeda's case, about a trillion.|||The Andromeda galaxy was named after the constellation it was found in (it's not really IN the constellation, but far beyond).
The stars we see in the night sky are all in our galaxy, you need a big 'scope to see further.|||Andromeda is the name of two different things. The original andromeda is the constellation. The galaxie is named after the constellation andromeda.
What are the coordinates for the hunter constellation on neopets?
ive been trying to figure it out and i haven't found it! Im so close to finishing the altador plot, i just cant figure out where the constellation is! could any of you give me at least one of the coordinates or the general are on the star mapper where its found? thanks!|||If you don't know about it already, try this guild
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it's what I used almost 4 years ago and you don't need to sign up for anything.
Enjoy the site,
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What is the biggest constellation in our night sky?
What is the biggest constellation in our night sky when it comes to length, width and amount of stars? I know *Hydra* is the longest but its a thin sliver, but when it comes to the length of the constellation, the width, and the most amount of stars, which dominates our sky?|||http://www.stellarium.org/
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What constellation was the sun actually in on april 3rd 1992?
Your astrological sign given to you by astrology probably isn't the constellation that you were actually born under.|||You are probably right since astrology is pure superstition. BTW, you posted in the wrong section.|||Constellation: Pisces
Sign: Aries
The "astrological signs" are not the constellations. The "signs" are simply thirty degree bands of ecliptic longitude. They are named after the constellations that were aligned with them thousands of years.
Most people who have studied astronomy are quite unaware that the zodiacal signs were used by the world's best astronomers right up through the beginning of the 19th century (not some dark age but well after Isaac Newton, the birth of modern science, the Enlightenment, and so on). So for example, in the official "Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris" issued by the British government and widely regarded as the most prestigious, official ephemerides available worldwide in that era, the ecliptic longitudes of the planets were given in tables with headings "S.D.M.S." That's "sign, degrees, minutes, and seconds". Real astronomers employed the zodiacal signs. This doesn't mean in the slightest way that they believed in astrology. It was just a quick shorthand for giving a planet's position. If you said "Jupiter is at Aries 15", it meant that the position of Jupiter along the ecliptic was 15 degrees into the sign of Aries, not the constellation Aries, but rather the first sign of the zodiac. In modern terms, we would simply say that the ecliptic longitude of Jupiter is 15 degrees. One remaining vestige of this in modern astronomy is the expression "first point of Aries" which is used as a colorful name for the zero point in several standard astronomical coordinate systems.
As for the specific answer to this question, it could depend on how we define the constellations. The modern constellation boundaries, settled by the IAU, are less than a century old. They are quite arbitrary, by design. In this case, however, there's little ambiguity. That's the constellation Pisces. The zodiacal sign of the Sun's position on that date, and again, this is NO MORE and NO LESS than a name for a thirty degree band of ecliptic longitude, was Aries.|||Pisces.
And for questions about astrology, you should probably ask at the Horoscopes forum, under Entertainment. This forum is about Astronomy (the science) and not Astrology (the superstition).|||Pisces.
The zodiac is "off" by one month because of 2000 to 4000 years of precession of the the vernal equinox through the zodiac. That's why good star charts always have some indication of which "era" they apply to. Star charts are updated periodically because of the 25,570 year precession cycle of the Earth's rotational axis. When the Egyptians were in power, the north star was Thuban in Draco, not Polaris in Ursa Minor like it is today.|||The Sun was squarely in the constellation Pisces. But you should already know, if you know anything about astrology.
However, this is Astronomy and Space, a science, not a pseudo-science.|||Sagittarius and thats not the pseudo science of astrology
Sign: Aries
The "astrological signs" are not the constellations. The "signs" are simply thirty degree bands of ecliptic longitude. They are named after the constellations that were aligned with them thousands of years.
Most people who have studied astronomy are quite unaware that the zodiacal signs were used by the world's best astronomers right up through the beginning of the 19th century (not some dark age but well after Isaac Newton, the birth of modern science, the Enlightenment, and so on). So for example, in the official "Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris" issued by the British government and widely regarded as the most prestigious, official ephemerides available worldwide in that era, the ecliptic longitudes of the planets were given in tables with headings "S.D.M.S." That's "sign, degrees, minutes, and seconds". Real astronomers employed the zodiacal signs. This doesn't mean in the slightest way that they believed in astrology. It was just a quick shorthand for giving a planet's position. If you said "Jupiter is at Aries 15", it meant that the position of Jupiter along the ecliptic was 15 degrees into the sign of Aries, not the constellation Aries, but rather the first sign of the zodiac. In modern terms, we would simply say that the ecliptic longitude of Jupiter is 15 degrees. One remaining vestige of this in modern astronomy is the expression "first point of Aries" which is used as a colorful name for the zero point in several standard astronomical coordinate systems.
As for the specific answer to this question, it could depend on how we define the constellations. The modern constellation boundaries, settled by the IAU, are less than a century old. They are quite arbitrary, by design. In this case, however, there's little ambiguity. That's the constellation Pisces. The zodiacal sign of the Sun's position on that date, and again, this is NO MORE and NO LESS than a name for a thirty degree band of ecliptic longitude, was Aries.|||Pisces.
And for questions about astrology, you should probably ask at the Horoscopes forum, under Entertainment. This forum is about Astronomy (the science) and not Astrology (the superstition).|||Pisces.
The zodiac is "off" by one month because of 2000 to 4000 years of precession of the the vernal equinox through the zodiac. That's why good star charts always have some indication of which "era" they apply to. Star charts are updated periodically because of the 25,570 year precession cycle of the Earth's rotational axis. When the Egyptians were in power, the north star was Thuban in Draco, not Polaris in Ursa Minor like it is today.|||The Sun was squarely in the constellation Pisces. But you should already know, if you know anything about astrology.
However, this is Astronomy and Space, a science, not a pseudo-science.|||Sagittarius and thats not the pseudo science of astrology
How many stars are in the constellation Taurus, and what are the main ones?
I have a science project on the constellation Taurus. I have been looking all over the internet just to find a huge variety of answers, but not many have been very consistent. Who can help me out?|||These websites might help a lot. They have the main ones, and a great deal of other information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sta鈥?/a>
http://www.astrofilitrentini.it/mat/cost鈥?/a>
(Those two sites are accurate and consistent.)
Edit: if you are asking about only the ones that form the "zodiac" sign of Taurus from the ancient sky map, then together Hyades and Pleiades were said to form the constellation Taurus.|||There are millions of stars in Taurus. 139 stars are visible with the naked eye. People will say different numbers of stars make up the star pattern of Taurus because there iis no "official" or "correct" way of "connecting up the dots. The Wikipedia articles on constellations are a good starting point, as they list the main stars so that you can research them further.|||The question dont have any real meaning.It depend upon your eye sight, conditions of the sky,power of the telescope.|||yes and no
no luz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sta鈥?/a>
http://www.astrofilitrentini.it/mat/cost鈥?/a>
(Those two sites are accurate and consistent.)
Edit: if you are asking about only the ones that form the "zodiac" sign of Taurus from the ancient sky map, then together Hyades and Pleiades were said to form the constellation Taurus.|||There are millions of stars in Taurus. 139 stars are visible with the naked eye. People will say different numbers of stars make up the star pattern of Taurus because there iis no "official" or "correct" way of "connecting up the dots. The Wikipedia articles on constellations are a good starting point, as they list the main stars so that you can research them further.|||The question dont have any real meaning.It depend upon your eye sight, conditions of the sky,power of the telescope.|||yes and no
no luz
I need a creative way to model the constellation Aries?
In Science were doing a constellation project and I need a creative way to represent the constellation Aries, the ram. Any ideas?|||Are you any good at drawing. How about the picture of the ram adorned with glittered stars. Also, on the poster board you could include the mythology. I've included a site with a simple pic and the story behind Aries. I would consider it creative to include the myth in a science project.
What time will the constellation Bootes be at the zenith tonight?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis is part of Bootes. Despite the bad viewing conditions, I want to try my luck at seeing the Quadrantids tonight.
What time will Bootes be at the zenith? I am in MDT time, just so you know.|||Bootes is always at the zenith, somewhere in the world. It's a good thing you mentioned that you are in the MDT, because otherwise we couldn't figure out when Bootes will be at zenith for your location. But ... how could you be in Mountain Daylight Time at this time of year? Don't you mean Mountain Standard Time (MST)?
Bootes is at 15 hours RA. That means that it is about at the Greenwich zenith at 15:00 UT on March 21. For January 3rd, subtract 5 hours (20.9% of a year x 24 hours). For MST, add 7 hours. That gives us 15 - 5 +7 = 17:00 = 5 pm.|||Just before sunrise.
I'd try for meteors a bit earlier, like 0300 or 0400.|||I thought Bootes was too far from the celestial equator to be at the zenith?|||Arcturus is the principal star in Bootes, and will pass the meridian about 8:30 in the morning. It rises in the East (duh) about 1:15 am.
I thought the Quadrantid meteor shower was supposed to peak last night, but given the cloud cover here in Pennsylvania, I'd never know for sure.
You might try the web site below for this and much more information. You'll have to tell it fairly precisely where you are (nearest city in their list will do), and it will tell you a lot about things in the sky, including stars, planets and satellites.
What time will Bootes be at the zenith? I am in MDT time, just so you know.|||Bootes is always at the zenith, somewhere in the world. It's a good thing you mentioned that you are in the MDT, because otherwise we couldn't figure out when Bootes will be at zenith for your location. But ... how could you be in Mountain Daylight Time at this time of year? Don't you mean Mountain Standard Time (MST)?
Bootes is at 15 hours RA. That means that it is about at the Greenwich zenith at 15:00 UT on March 21. For January 3rd, subtract 5 hours (20.9% of a year x 24 hours). For MST, add 7 hours. That gives us 15 - 5 +7 = 17:00 = 5 pm.|||Just before sunrise.
I'd try for meteors a bit earlier, like 0300 or 0400.|||I thought Bootes was too far from the celestial equator to be at the zenith?|||Arcturus is the principal star in Bootes, and will pass the meridian about 8:30 in the morning. It rises in the East (duh) about 1:15 am.
I thought the Quadrantid meteor shower was supposed to peak last night, but given the cloud cover here in Pennsylvania, I'd never know for sure.
You might try the web site below for this and much more information. You'll have to tell it fairly precisely where you are (nearest city in their list will do), and it will tell you a lot about things in the sky, including stars, planets and satellites.
Is a constellation a pattern of stars or a pattern of certain stars?
Sitting outside tonight me and my girlfriend were discussing constellations and I was just wondering if a constellation is a pattern of stars or certain stars? What I mean by that for example is let's say I saw the big dipper... Is it possible I could see another arrangement of the big dipper or is there only one pattern of stars that show it?|||There is only one big dipper!
If you search the sky you might find another group of stars that look a bit like the big dipper but it would be wrong. the big dipper points to the pole star, another group would not, so if you used the "wrong" dipper you would never find the pole star and get lost.
There are 88 officially recognised constellations in the modern system (the big dipper is not one of them, it is an asterism) and other cultures have different constellations to ours.
For instance "our" Orion was thr god RA to the ancient egyptians and is an archer to the indians.
Download Stellarium (it's free) to see all the constellations as they look from YOUR house|||Constellations are patterns of specific stars arbitrarily defined based upon ancient image recognition, and are useful for indicating direction in the sky and space.
There is only one big dipper. Even if you saw some other pattern of stars which are for some reason identically the same shape as the big dipper, it is not the big dipper, because the big dipper has a certain set of stars.
You can obviously define your own constellations, but they will not be what others understand them to be.
I remember constantly seeing three stars in a row, and saying "hey look Orion's belt". The listener who was more knowlegeable said "that is only visible during winter", and then I say "danget! I saw three stars in a row, that is Orion's belt-ish enough for me".
If you search the sky you might find another group of stars that look a bit like the big dipper but it would be wrong. the big dipper points to the pole star, another group would not, so if you used the "wrong" dipper you would never find the pole star and get lost.
There are 88 officially recognised constellations in the modern system (the big dipper is not one of them, it is an asterism) and other cultures have different constellations to ours.
For instance "our" Orion was thr god RA to the ancient egyptians and is an archer to the indians.
Download Stellarium (it's free) to see all the constellations as they look from YOUR house|||Constellations are patterns of specific stars arbitrarily defined based upon ancient image recognition, and are useful for indicating direction in the sky and space.
There is only one big dipper. Even if you saw some other pattern of stars which are for some reason identically the same shape as the big dipper, it is not the big dipper, because the big dipper has a certain set of stars.
You can obviously define your own constellations, but they will not be what others understand them to be.
I remember constantly seeing three stars in a row, and saying "hey look Orion's belt". The listener who was more knowlegeable said "that is only visible during winter", and then I say "danget! I saw three stars in a row, that is Orion's belt-ish enough for me".
How to locate a star in the pisces constellation?
I have named a star and was wondering if there is anyway I can get a picture of the star or constellation. I have tried but am no good at astronomy. Any help would be great thanks.|||Try the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey or a similar resource. The digitized images are on the Internet.
It's a lousy time of year to photograph Pisces, since it's rising just before the sun.
I assume you know that such a name has no official standing. Nice touch, though, if you do it for somebody you care about.|||try google space,this is an excelent resource for the universe.
It's a lousy time of year to photograph Pisces, since it's rising just before the sun.
I assume you know that such a name has no official standing. Nice touch, though, if you do it for somebody you care about.|||try google space,this is an excelent resource for the universe.
Constellation?
Why they are many faces of constellation?Where can you find it in internet?How many constellations are they in our universe?|||There are many constellations, some old, like Orion others relatively new like Horologium. Just go onto a search engine and type in constellations. But there aren't a definite number for our universe, the constellations are made of stars that are visible to the naked eye, whether they be 10 or 100 light years away, it just depends how bright they are. They are many parts of our universe that we don't see. So the number of constellations would be how many could be seen from earth|||http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constel鈥?/a>
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/planet/co鈥?/a>
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/con鈥?/a>
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject鈥?/a>
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/planet/co鈥?/a>
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/con鈥?/a>
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject鈥?/a>
Constellation?
I need to know some facts about gemini's constellation. I already got one. I need at least 3. Help I need this info like today. Thank you.|||The brightest star, Castor, is a sextuple system (has six stars), and the second brightest star, Pollux, has a planet. The planet is 2.9 times more massive than Jupiter, and takes 589.64 days to orbit it at a distance of 1.69 AU (whereas 1 AU is the distance from Earth to the sun). The planet was announced in 2006 and follows an almost circular orbit. Pollux is also a variable star, changing in brightness over time.|||.
In astrology, Gemini is the 3rd zodiacal sign, and it falls within the period of May 21 and June 21. The element of Gemini is air.
Gemini [Lat.,=the twins], northern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Gemini is traditionally depicted as two men. The two brightest stars in Gemini, Castor and Pollux (north of the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor), are two of the brightest stars in the sky and were identified by the Greeks with two children, in most accounts the twin sons of Zeus and Leda. The Egyptians identified the two stars with a pair of young goats. An annual meteor shower known as the Geminids appears to radiate from this constellation during the second week in December. Owing to the precession of the equinoxes , the summer solstice now lies in Gemini, rather than in Cancer as it did 2,000 years ago. Gemini reaches its highest point in the evening sky in February.|||It lies in the Zodiac belt between Taurus and Cancer
It is in the winter sky
It is known as "The Twins"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(con鈥?/a>|||The two "heads" of the twins are Castor and Pollux. Castor appears blue and Pollux appears yellow-orange.
In astrology, Gemini is the 3rd zodiacal sign, and it falls within the period of May 21 and June 21. The element of Gemini is air.
Gemini [Lat.,=the twins], northern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Gemini is traditionally depicted as two men. The two brightest stars in Gemini, Castor and Pollux (north of the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor), are two of the brightest stars in the sky and were identified by the Greeks with two children, in most accounts the twin sons of Zeus and Leda. The Egyptians identified the two stars with a pair of young goats. An annual meteor shower known as the Geminids appears to radiate from this constellation during the second week in December. Owing to the precession of the equinoxes , the summer solstice now lies in Gemini, rather than in Cancer as it did 2,000 years ago. Gemini reaches its highest point in the evening sky in February.|||It lies in the Zodiac belt between Taurus and Cancer
It is in the winter sky
It is known as "The Twins"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(con鈥?/a>|||The two "heads" of the twins are Castor and Pollux. Castor appears blue and Pollux appears yellow-orange.
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