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Ari - Aries the Ram

  • Tau - Taurus the Bull

    IAU Constellation

    Tau - Taurus the Bull

    Size

    17 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Zodiac
    Northern
    Equatorial

    Intro and Visual description

    Taurus the Bull is easily spotted. Its head is the Hyades, a V-shaped cluster of stars. His horns point outward from the V. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull as he charges down upon us.

  • Ari - Aries the Ram

    IAU Constellation

    Ari - Aries the Ram

    Size

    39 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Zodiac
    Northern

    Intro and Visual description

    A small zodiac constellation with only two easily visible stars.

  • Cet - Cetus the Sea Monster or Whale

    IAU Constellation

    Cet - Cetus the Sea Monster or Whale

    Size

    4 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Southern
    Equatorial

    Intro and Visual description

    South of Aries and Pisces, one of the largest constellations. Trace to the second-magnitude star Beta-Ceti (Diphda, near the flukes) by following a line southward from Alpheratz (the corner of Pegasus and Andromeda) through gamma-Pegasi, across Pisces and Cetus.

  • Per - Perseus the Hero

    IAU Constellation

    Per - Perseus the Hero

    Size

    24 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Northern

    Intro and Visual description

    Resembles a backward lambda. Located in the Milky Way, between Andromeda/Cassiopeia and Auriga/Taurus.

    Look for the Perseid meteor shower on August 12.

  • Psc - Pisces the Fishes

    IAU Constellation

    Psc - Pisces the Fishes

    Size

    14 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Zodiac
    Northern
    Equatorial

    Intro and Visual description

    South of Pegasus and Andromeda, near Aquarius. Pisces represents two fish tied together by two cords:

    • The western fish, a pentagon of stars just south of Pegasus, is an asterism known as the circlet.
    • The other fish lies on the opposite side of Pegasus, just under Andromeda.

    The brightest star, alpha-Piscium, is known as El-Rischa or the "knot" because it ties the two cords together with the two fish on the opposite ends. Alpha-Piscium lies nestled up next to Mira, a bright variable star of the constellation Cetus the Whale.

  • Tri - Triangulum the Triangle

    IAU Constellation

    Tri - Triangulum the Triangle

    Size

    78 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Northern

    Intro and Visual description

    Five stars appear in a triangle.

  • Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Aries

    Image

    UM-1825-Aries

    Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Aries

  • Triangulum Minor the Small Triangle

  • Lilium the Lily

    Asterism Visual Appearance

    The same star pattern as Musca Borealis the Northern Fly.

    Asterism Origin and History

    Lilium honors King Louis XIV of France, and refers to the Fleur-de-Lys.

  • Apes the Fly

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Tau - Taurus the Bull

IAU Constellation

Tau - Taurus the Bull

Size

17 of 88

Astronomical Regions

Zodiac
Northern
Equatorial

Intro and Visual description

Taurus the Bull is easily spotted. Its head is the Hyades, a V-shaped cluster of stars. His horns point outward from the V. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull as he charges down upon us.

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.


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