Page 8 - Curriculum Visions Dynamic Book

Looking at the night sky
We can all see patterns in the stars that dot the night sky. Examples include the Great Bear (Ursa Major), Orion, and the Southern Cross (Crux).
Some people have believed that the patterns represent gods or animals and other features. But in any case, the star groupings are one way of classifying objects in the sky. Major star groupings are called constellations.
Ursa Minor
Stars are very distant objects, and their position only changes very slightly over hundreds of years. They therefore appear to be fixed in the sky. Travelers have long used constellations for navigating both continents and oceans.
 Constellations in the N northern sky.
Draco
Boötes Corona
Borealis
Serpens Caput
Ursa Major
Auriga Lynx
Gemini
Cancer
Canis Minor
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Hercules
Ophiuchus
Serpens Cauda
Canes Venatici
Coma Berenices
Virgo Crater Corvus
Hydra Centaurus
Crux
Circinus
Triangulum Musca Australe
Leo Minor
Leo Sextans
Antilia
Vela
Carina
Hydra
Pyxis
Orion
Monoceros
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Libra
Norma
Ara
Canis Major
Puppis
Scorpius
Lupus
Columba
Chamaeleon Volans
Pictor
Pavo
Apus
Octans
Mensa
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