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    This document provides information about 7 major constellations: Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Scorpius, Orion, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Draco. For each constellation, it gives the brightest star, best time to view, and a myth explaining how that pattern came to be in the sky. The myths involve Greek gods and heroes such as Zeus, Gaia, Orion, and Callisto. The document teaches that constellations are groups of stars that form patterns in the sky and that their appearance depends on location and time of year.

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    This document provides information about 7 major constellations: Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Scorpius, Orion, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Draco. For each constellation, it gives the brightest star, best time to view, and a myth explaining how that pattern came to be in the sky. The myths involve Greek gods and heroes such as Zeus, Gaia, Orion, and Callisto. The document teaches that constellations are groups of stars that form patterns in the sky and that their appearance depends on location and time of year.

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    This document provides information about 7 major constellations: Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Scorpius, Orion, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Draco. For each constellation, it gives the brightest star, best time to view, and a myth explaining how that pattern came to be in the sky. The myths involve Greek gods and heroes such as Zeus, Gaia, Orion, and Callisto. The document teaches that constellations are groups of stars that form patterns in the sky and that their appearance depends on location and time of year.

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    This document provides information about 7 major constellations: Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Scorpius, Orion, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Draco. For each constellation, it gives the brightest star, best time to view, and a myth explaining how that pattern came to be in the sky. The myths involve Greek gods and heroes such as Zeus, Gaia, Orion, and Callisto. The document teaches that constellations are groups of stars that form patterns in the sky and that their appearance depends on location and time of year.

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    Constellations

    What are constellations?


    A group of
    stars
    that form
    a pattern
    in the
    sky.

    Cool Facts about


    Constellations
    There are 88 constellations
    The constellations you see depend on
    your location, date, and time.
    Most have legends, myths, or stories
    behind them.

    NOW, FOR A TOUR OF THE


    SEVEN MAJOR
    CONSTELLATIONS
    Cassiopeia
    Cygnus
    Scorpius
    Draco

    Orion
    Ursa major
    Ursa minor

    CASSIOPEIA THE
    QUEEN

    CASSIOPEIA THE
    QUEEN
    Brightest Star Schedar
    Best season to view all year
    The Myth:
    Cassiopeia was the queen of Ethiopia. She was
    so proud of her beauty and bragged about it. She
    offended the sea god Poseidon. He sent a sea
    monster to attack her kingdom and teach her
    some humility.
    According to the legend, the sea god Poseidon
    placed the figure of Cassiopeia among the stars
    to remind people of her vanity.

    CYGNUS THE
    SWAN

    CYGNUS THE SWAN


    Brightest Star Deneb
    Best season to view all year

    The Myth:
    One day three hunters were hiking through the
    forest when they came upon a clear lake. The lake
    was home to many birds including a beautiful snow
    goose. One hunter shot his bow and the snow goose
    fell into the lake. As the sky darkened, the spirit of
    the snow goose formed a constellation
    in the sky.

    SCORPIUS THE
    SCORPION

    SCORPIUS THE
    SCORPION
    Brightest Star Antares

    Best season to view summer

    The Myth:
    To the ancient Greeks, the constellation Scorpius
    was the image of a scorpion. The constellation was
    related to the death of the giant hunter Orion. There
    are several different stories about Orion's death.
    According to one story, Orion wanted to kill all the
    earth's wild animals, but the Earth goddess Gaia got
    angry because she made the animals.
    The goddess sent a scorpion to attack Orion. The
    scorpion stung Orion to death with its tail. As a
    reward, Gaia changed the insect into a constellation.

    ORION THE HUNTER

    ORION THE HUNTER


    Brightest Star Rigel and Betelgeuse
    Best season to view the winter
    The Myth:
    Orion was a very good hunter, but also boastful.
    Gaia, the goddess of Earth, became fed up with
    Orions boast so she sent a deadly scorpion to kill the
    hunter. The scorpion ended Orions bragging. Both
    Orion and Scorpius were placed in the sky but to
    avoid any further battles, they are never in the sky
    at the same time. Orion is seen in the winter and
    Scorpius is seen in the summer.

    URSA MAJOR BIG


    BEAR

    URSA MAJOR BIG


    BEAR
    Brightest Star Dubhe and Merak
    Best season to view all year

    The Myth:
    Zeus, king of the gods, fell in love with Callisto.
    Together they had a son, Arcas. Zeus changed
    Callisto into a bear to protect her from his jealous
    wife, Hera. When Arcas grew up, he almost shot
    his mother by mistake. Zeus protected Callisto by
    changing Arcas into another bear (Ursa MinorLittle Dipper) and placing both bears in the sky.

    URSA MINOR LITTLE


    BEAR

    Ursa Minor, aka, Little Bear, contains the Little


    Dipper and the North Star, Polaris

    URSA MINOR LITTLE


    BEAR
    Brightest Star Polaris
    Best season to view all year
    Remember Zeus loved Callisto and changed her into a
    bear to protect her from his jealous wife. Arcas liked
    to hunt and almost killed his mother, Callisto, Big
    Bear. Zeus decided to also change Arcas into a bear
    to protect both his son and his lover. He placed both
    bears in the sky together.

    DRACO THE DRAGON

    DRACO THE DRAGON


    Draco the dragon fought Minerva during the
    wars between the giants and the gods.
    Minerva threw Draco's twisted body into the
    heavens before it had time to unwind itself.

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