
Starry Starry Night (#1)
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Starry Starry Night (#1)
Constellation Practice
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Multiple Choice
Which CONSTELLATION is this? (Latin for the bull, found in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere)
Orion
Cancer
Ursa Major
Taurus
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Taurus
The TAURUS Constellation represents a bull and is one of the most magnificent and interesting constellations in the sky. In Greek mythology, the god Zeus turned himself into a bull to carry Princess Europa off to the island of Crete. In the eye of the bull, the brightest star in the constellation is Aldebaran. Located in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. This constellation is seen in the winter sky.
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Multiple Choice
Which CONSTELLATION is this? (Latin for 'Eagle', on the Celestial Equator.)
Orion
Bootes
Aquila
Canis Minor
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Aquila
Aquila is a constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it represents the bird who carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greco-Roman mythology. This constellation's brightest star is Altair. Aquila sits on the Celestial Equator and its star (Altair) is one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism.
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Multiple Choice
Which CONSTELLATION is this? (Known as the herdsman or plowman, is on the Northern Sky.)
Boötes
Gemini
Orion
Cepheus
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Bootes
Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere. The name comes from the Greek Βοώτης, Boōtēs, meaning herdsman or plowman. Bootes's brightest star is Arcturus.
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Multiple Choice
Which CONSTELLATION is this? (One of Orion's greater dogs, brightest star is Sirius.)
Cygnus
Canis Minor
Taurus
Canis Major
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Canis Major
Canis Major is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. In the second century, it was included in Ptolemy's 48 constellations and is counted among the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for "greater dog" in contrast to Canis Minor, the "lesser dog". Canis Major contains Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, known as the "dog star". It is bright because of its proximity to our Solar System.
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Multiple Choice
Which CONSTELLATION is this? (Orion's smaller dog, brightest star is Procyon.)
Canis Major
Draco
Canis Minor
Medusa
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Canis Minor
Canis Minor is a small constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. In the second century, it was included as an asterism, or pattern, of two stars in Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and it is counted among the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for "lesser dog", in contrast to Canis Major, the "greater dog"; both figures are commonly represented as following the constellation of Orion the hunter. Its brightest star is Procyon.
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