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Sco - Scorpius the Scorpion

  • Ara - Ara the Altar

    IAU Constellation

    Ara - Ara the Altar

    Size

    63 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Southern
  • CrA - Corona Australis the Southern Crown

    IAU Constellation

    CrA - Corona Australis the Southern Crown

    Size

    80 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Southern
  • Lib - Libra the Balance

    IAU Constellation

    Lib - Libra the Balance

    Size

    29 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Zodiac
    Southern

    Intro and Visual description

    Libra is the only inanimate object in the zodiac. It was associated with the scales held by the goddess of justice. 

  • Lup - Lupus the Wolf

    IAU Constellation

    Lup - Lupus the Wolf

    Size

    46 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Southern
  • Nor - Norma the Carpenter's Square

    IAU Constellation

    Nor - Norma the Carpenter's Square

    Size

    74 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Southern
  • Oph - Ophiuchus, the Serpent Handler

    IAU Constellation

    Oph - Ophiuchus the Serpent Handler

    Size

    11 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Zodiac
    Southern
    Equatorial

    Intro and Visual description

    Between Scorpius and Hercules.

  • Sgr - Sagittarius the Archer

    IAU Constellation

    Sgr - Sagittarius the Archer

    Size

    15 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Zodiac
    Southern

    Intro and Visual description

    Look for teapot pattern to the east of Scorpius, complete with handle, lid, and spout. Tea pouring from the spout would indicate the direction of the center of Milky Way, and the entire constellation is rich with many stars. Try binoculars in the area where clusters gather like steam rising from the teapot.

    Centaur, half-man and half-horse, shooting an arrow. If you cannot see a creature half-man and half-horse in these stars, then try looking for a teapot. Four stars make the pot... Two stars form a handle... One star is a lid... And the tip of the bowman’s arrow makes a spout.

  • Sco - Scorpius the Scorpion

    IAU Constellation

    Sco - Scorpius the Scorpion

    Size

    33 of 88

    Astronomical Regions

    Zodiac
    Southern

    Intro and Visual description

    East of Virgo along the ecliptic the constellation Scorpius creeps above the treetops, with his menacing tail below, and stinger above. Continue eastward along the ecliptic to the next constellation, Sagittarius the Archer.

  • M6 - Butterfly Cluster

    Object image

    M6, by Ole Nielsen (cc by-sa)

    Object image source

    Ole Nielsen

    Permission

    cc-by-sa
  • Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Scorpius

    Image

    UM-1825-Scorpius

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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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