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Hydra is the largest constellation that stretches over the night sky of the Southern Hemisphere.

It can be depicted by the 5 stars that make up its head.

Hydra translates to “ the water snake”.

In Greek mythology, hydra shares a name with a multiheaded  monster destroyed by the Greek hero Hercules.

Hydra’s tale lies between constellations Centaurus and Libra.

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Constellation: Cassiopeia

Named after the mythical Queen from Greece

Wife of King Cepheus

Mother of Princess Andromeda

On a star map, she is depicted sitting in a chair combing her hair

The main stars form the shape of a “W”

Cassiopeia contains multiple clusters

The brightest stars of the clusters can be seen through a telescope

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This constellation is one of the 12 zodiac constellations. It is the largest and most prominent in the northern hemisphere. Most prominent in the winter. One of the oldest constellations, Babylonian times. In Greek mythology Zeus turned himself into a bull to carry the princess Europa to the island of Crete. Made up of two main stars Aldenaran and Alnath. Aldenaran’s core has ran out of hydrogen to burn and is now unstable. Alnath I’d also known a El Nath.
Ps. In Greek mythology there were 48 constellations and now scientists found 88 constellations.

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- It is the third largest constellation
- It has been depicted as a bear by many ancient civilizations.
- Latin for “great bear”
- In mythology, Artemis turned Callisto into a bear.
- The Big Dipper is inside the Ursa Major

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Constellation: Draco

Eighth largest constellation in the sky

Depicts a dragon

In Greek mythology, this dragon was killed by the hero Hercules, who is represented in a nearby constellation

The head of the dragon is made up of four stars and is at the bottom of the constellation

The Ancient Greeks saw Hercules with one foot on Draco’s head

It is between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor

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-Hydra is the largest constellation of them all
-Known as water snake
-Was named after the eight headed monster that fought Hercules in Greek mythology
-The snake constellation races a path roughly last the Milky Way
-Usually visible in January and February

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The Libra is the Latin word for weighing scale.

It’s the only constellation representing an inanimate object.

It ranks 29th overall in terms of size.

It doesn't have any first magnitude stars, making it relatively faint but not impossible to view.

Libra is in the Southern Hemisphere, located between Scorpius to the east and Virgo to the west

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The Leo constellation represents the shape of a crouching lion and is one of the few constellations that represents its meaning. In the Greek culture is is said to have been killed by the demigod Hercules. The Sickle of the lion forms an arc of the head and cheats, and at the base of the Sickle, Leo’s brightest star known as Regularus sits. You can use the pointer stars of the Big Dipper to find Leo. The Mesopotamians were first known for finding the “Lion” constellation.

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Sagittarius Information

Represents the centaur

Is known to be avenging Orion

Originated in Sumeria and picked up by the Greeks

Tend to appear as a teapot

Time period is November 21-December 21

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Orion is a constellation that represents a giant hunter in Greek Mythology. Orion is clearly visible in the night sky from November to February. The constellation Orion contains two of the ten brightest stars in the sky. It lies on the celestial equator. Orion has been known since ancient times.

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Sagittarius is the ninth of the 12 signs of the zodiac, which begins its cycle late fall every year during Sagittarius season—which falls around November 22-December 21

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Leo, is the fifth astrological sign of the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Leo. It comes after Cancer and before Virgo.

Time period: July 22 – August 22

Element: Fire

Ruling planet: Sun

Symbol: Lion

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The constellation Ursa Major contains the group of stars commonly called the Big Dipper.

The handle of the Dipper is the Great Bear's tail and the Dipper's cup is the Bear's flank.

The Big Dipper is not a constellation itself, but an asterism, which is a distinctive group of stars.

Another famous asterism is the Little Dipper in the constellation Ursa Minor.

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Constellation: Gemini
Gemini is Latin for twins, although the constellation is based on characters from Greek mythology.

Gemini is visible in the Northern hemisphere and most of the Southern Hemisphere

The two large stars which represent the heads of the twins are named after the Greek mythological characters Pollux and Castor.

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Represents a bull

Zeus turns himself into a bull to carry princess Europa of to the island of crete

Second sign in zodiac

Represents birthdays between April 20 - May 20

The Bull passes through the sky from November to March, but is at its most visible in January. It covers 797 square degrees

Best visible between latitudes 90 degrees and minus 65 degrees

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Vana

Ursa Major is visible in the northern hemisphere

It means “Larger Bear” in Latin

The Big Dipper is a part of the Ursa Major constellation

It’s used as a way to find direction in the north

According to Native American legend, the bear and the stars of the handle are 3 warriors chasing it

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located in the northern hemisphere

a Greek constellation

named after a mythical king- King Cepheus of Aethiopia

The king’s wife and child, Cassiopeia and Andromeda, are both neighboring constellations.

The Garnet Star is located in this constellation

The Garnet Star is one of the largest stars in the Milky Way

No meteor showers have been associated with Cepheus

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Cancer the Constellation
Cancer was discovered by Ptolemy in 2 B.C.
Cancer means crab in Latin.
Cancer is positioned between Leo and Gemini.
Cancer is the faintest of all 13 constellations in the zodiac.

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Pisces represents two fish tied together.
The fish are the goddess Aphrodite and her son Eros.
The reason for the fish is, they are said to transformed into fish and plunged into the Euphrates river.
The reason for them doing this is to get away from the Fearsom monster “Typhon”
The constellations best form is Circlet, a ring of seven stars