In the Northern Hemisphere, looking south during the winter provides a chance to explore the rest of the bright constellations available during December, January, and February each year. Orion stands out among the largest and brightest of the star patterns. He's joined by Gemini, Taurus, and C...
This constellation inherited its name after the mythical king of Ethiopia. Cepheus is the 27th largest constellation in the night sky, occupying an area of 588 square degrees. Cepheus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy. It is one of the 88 constella...
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in a nightly ritual which can take up to three hours. With dozens of bats emerging from the cave every second, Babak Tafreshi said, he got this shot by using a 30-second exposure with multiple soft flashes to reveal the bats, which were also backlit by the constellations of Orion and...
Bears make many appearances in myths and legends. Two constellations–Ursa Major (the great bear) and Ursa minor (lesser bear)–are named after bears. You can find out more about bears on this page:Bears: The Ultimate Guide Discover all eight bears on this page:Types of Bears with Picture...
gazing up at the sky, sometimes with binoculars in hand, his father pointing out stars, planets and the constellations, tracing them out and explaining their names, beginning with the Big Dipper, then the Little Dipper, the three belt stars of Orion, the Morning and Evening Stars, and Mars...
There they are again, the old familiar constellations that remind everyone of childhood, because it was only as a child that one gazed at them so raptly. They are everywhere. There you are, so remote from your childhood, and yet you meet it again. That’s how small the world is. ...
The landscape resembles Mars and, under a moonless sky filled with constellations and shooting stars, the universe feels close enough to touch. For a brief moment, no one moves. A digital camera shutter clicks open. The Iceberg: Kyrgyz tour guide Timur Akbashev posed for this night shot ...
Constellations and Asterisms Humans mentally assemble celestial bodies cluttering black space into patterns and mythological shapes. Connecting the dots of stars into lions, crabs, archers and dippers organized indifferent chaos for navigation or storytelling. ...
THE SIXTHof the immortals were the spirits of the CONSTELLATIONS which circed the heavenly night sky. Every constellation, including the twelve signs of the Zodiac, was possessed of one or more spirits EG Saggitarius was the centaur Kheiron, Gemini the Dioskouroi Twins, etc. ...