CONSTELLATIONS ,CONSTELLATION OF THE ZODIAC, THE ZODIAC, CONSTELLATION IN THE SKY, TYPES OF CONSTELLATION IN ZODIAC

CONSTELLATIONS
CONSTELLATIONS IN THE SKY

    

  Stars seems to move across the sky  through the night, but the movement is due to Earth's rotation.As Earth spins on its axis, objects appear to rise in the east and set in the west In the Northern Hemisphere, some stars never appear to set. Called circumpolar stars, they circle at a point projected in the sky above the North Pole near Polaris, the Pole Star. A corresponding situation exists above the South Pole near the star Sigma Octantis.

                  CONSTELLATIONS IN THE SKY

  In ancient cultures, sky-watching played an important role in navigation agriculture, religion, and even entertainment. Those who observed the heavens connected stars to form patterns that related to the heroes, gods, and legends of their culture-what we refer to today as constellations. 

                                     CONSTELLATIONS N THE SKY

 Most cultures named constellations and attached cultural meaning to their patterns. Native American sky lore, for instance, often used constellations to teach moral lessons.Today, the Western world acknowledges the constellations that originated in Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago. Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek astronomers also made contributions during the classical ages of their cultures. In 1928 the International astronomical Union (IAU) determined which constellations would be officially recognized. Of the 88 constellations on the IAU lists, 48 were identified in ancient times with just the naked eye. The remaining 40 were added in more recent centuries.

 The IAU also defined each constellation's border so that the groupings represent not only stars patterns but specific regions of the sky. These borders ensured that each stars would be restricted to only one constellation.Constellations change over time as the stars in them move through space. The dipper part of the Big Dipper in the constellations Ursa Major(Great Bear) appeared much more square in the past. Now the dipper's bowl is starting to elongate. ABOUT 100,000 years from now, it will look more like soup bowl with a handle.

 Asterism:Pattern of the star that is not a constellations but may contain stars from one or more constellations.

CONSTELLATION IN THE ZODIAC 

The zodiac band of constellations that extends roughly nine degrees on each side of the ecliptic, the sun's apparent yearly path through our sky. Ancient Greek astronomer divided the zodiac into 12 parts.Over time, Earth's slight rotational wobble has shifted the ecliptic by more than 30 degrees against the backdrop of stars. The 18- degree-wide zodiac now also includes parts of Cetus (the Whale)and Orion (the Hunter). 

CONSTELLATIONS seen from the Northern Hemisphere (left) became standardized through the observations of ancient Western and Middle Eastern cultures.Those of the Southern Sky (right) were named mostly by European ocean voyagers. 

THE ZODIAC

                                        NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

                                         SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

                                       
                                               THE ZODIAC

 CONSTELLATIONS IN   THE ZODIAC

1. ARIES CONSTELLATIONS: Aries is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It is located in the Northern celestial Hemisphere between Pisces to west and Taurus  to the east the name Aries is Latin for ram, and its symbol is representing a ram's horns.

 ARIES CONSTELLATION

2. TAURUS CONSTELLATION: Taurus is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Northern celestial Hemisphere. Taurus is a large and prominent constellations in the northern hemisphere's winter sky.

 TAURUS CONSTELLATION

  

3. GEMINI CONSTELLATIONS: Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in Northern celestial hemisphere. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. 

GEMINI CONSTELLATION

4. CANCER CONSTELLATION: Cancer is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere. its name is Latin for crab and it is commonly represented as one. 

CANCER CONSTELLATION

5. LEO CONSTELLATION:Leo is one of the constellation of the zodiac, lying between cancer the crab to the west and Virgo the maiden to the east. It is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere.

LEO CONSTELLATION

 

6. VIRGO CONSTELLATION:Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere.Its name is Latin for virgin, and it symbol is Lying between Leo to the west and Libra to the east, it is the second- largest constellation in the sky and the largest constellation in the zodiac.

VIRGO CONSTELLATION 

7. LIBRA CONSTELLATION: Libra is a constellation of the zodiac and is located in the southern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for weighing scales.It is fairly faint, with no first magnitude stars, and lies between Virgo to the west and Scorpius to the east. 

LIBRA CONSTELLATION

8. SCORPIO CONSTELLATION:Scorpius is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere.Its name is Latin for scorpion. Scorpius is one of the 48 constellations identified by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century.

SCORPIO CONSTELLATION 

9. SAGITTARIUS CONSTELLATION: Sagittarius is one of the constellation of the zodiac and is located in the southern celestial hemisphere/ It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for "archer".

                                  SAGITTARIUS CONSTELLATION

 10. CAPRICORN CONSTELLATION:Capricorn is one of the constellation of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goat horn" or" having horns like a goat"and it is commonly represented in the form of a sea goat:a mythical creature that is half goat, half fish.

 CAPRICORN CONSTELLATION

11. AQUARIUS CONSTELLATION: Aquarius is a constellation of the zodiac, situated between Capricornus and Pisces. Its name is Latin for "water-carrier" or "cup-carrier" and its symbol is , a representation of water. Aquarius is one of the oldest of the recognized constellations along the zodiac

AQUARIUS CONSTELLATION

12. PISCES CONSTELLATION : Pisces is constellation of the zodiac and is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is the Latin Plural for fish. It lies between. Aquarius to the west and Aries to the east. The ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect within this constellation and in Virgo. 

                             PISCES CONSTELLATION