What makes constellations?

Constellations are named after a Greek or Roman God. They were made to help sailors find their way. Now they are used to help more people find their way. In this world such help is very useful.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Pisces


Pises is in the shape of a fork. The sun passes through this. Zeta, Pisum, Rho, Psi. TX Pisum is a red giant. M74 is a spiral galaxy.

Pisces Austrinus is a fish. It has a bright star.

Sculpter


This constellation has a red giant. It has supernovas which are NGC 55 and NGC 252.

Brief history

Aquila is in the summer triangle with Altair.

Caelum is a faint constellation.

Cancer is a beehive cluster which Galileo only counted 36 stars in .

The flag of New Zealand is modeled after Crux. It acts as pointers to the Celestial Poles.

Centarus is the nearest constellation. It is the finest gobular cluster.

Delphinus is shaped as a dolphin.

Sepheus completes Rotates every 5.366 days.

Tau Ceti is similar to the sun. 11.6 lightyears away.

Deacon is a snake pattern.

Grus has 2 double stars, which are in the form of a crane.

Hydrus is in the shape of a snake. This has a double star.

Indus has a double star, Theta and Indi.

Libra has three companion stars, eclipsing binary stars.

Pictor is in the form of a empty painters esel.

The Orion Nebula is a celestial nursery.

Lacerta is a lizard shaped.