3.a group of ideas, qualities, etc., related in some way. 4.any brilliant, outstanding group or assemblage:a constellation of great writers. [1275–1325; < Anglo-French < Late Latinconstellātiōposition of the stars at a person's birth or conception] ...
aGo outside on a clear night and look at the stars. See if you can find the big dipper, ursa major and other constellations. 去外面在清楚的夜并且看星。 看见您是否能发现北斗七星、大熊座和其他星座。[translate] aPrint a star chart to see where the constellations are in the sky 打印一张星...
Southern Hemisphere gazers are reveling in warm summer weather. The familiar constellations of Orion, Canis Major, and Taurus are in their northern sky while directly overhead, the River Eridanus, Puppis, Phoenix, and Horologium take over the sky. ...
The horizon line is curved in order to preserve the geometry of objects in the sky. If we made the horizon line straight, the geometry of objects in the sky would be distorted. Night Sky About The Author Jeff DeTray Jeff DeTray helps to guide new star-watchers into the world of ...
calling into question the intellectual bases of our activities, it is proposed that the convergences between the three authors (and their “fellow thinkers”) be highlighted in order to renew reflection and action that would help us to “rethink the universal” and to place the “intellectual[....
This requires that you can recognise one constellation in order to find another. Finding your first constellation is therefore rather different from finding your second or third. The first constellation, or starter constellation, must be easily recognisable in the sky without prior knowledge. Suitable...
However, their star patterns did not necessarily stay the same since antiquity. Over the centuries, astronomers created new constellations to fill the gaps between the brighter and better-known star patterns, and rearranged the stars of existing constellations to form new ones in their sky atlases....
And whatever happens to us, whatever we make, whatever we learn, let us take joy in it. We can find joy in the world if it’s joy we’re looking for; we can take joy in the act of creation. So that is my wish for you, and for me. Bravery and joy.” “I hope the world ...
formation being a combination of its right leg and the water flowing down from the vase. Usually, the entire constellation cannot be seen in the night sky, especially from a city. In order to fully observe the cupbearer, you have to find a darker sky away from the light-polluted cities....
Sky Maps is a contemporary dance work inspired by constellations. A constellation is a collection of stars connected into a pattern in the sky. In addition to predicting luck, the uses of constellations include, among others, as a sign for planting time, and also used as navigation or directi...