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To know what is the meaning of each

star.
 To know the story of a constellation.
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 Orion

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Constellation Orion
 It is located in the northern sky. Its
name means “the crab” in Latin.

 Is the faintest of the 12 Zodiac Constellation.

 It is the 31st largest constellation in the sky,

occupying an area of 506 square degrees.
 Winter Constellation, and can be best viewed in
the night sky during the month of February.

Cancer contains a number of famous deep sky

objects:
The Beehive Cluster - also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger“)
- Is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. Cancer
Messier 67, NGC 2775, NGC 2535 & NGC 2536,
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NGC 2608. Constellation Cancer
o Is Latin for weighing Scales .

o It is one of the Zodiac Constellation.

o Libra is the only zodiac constellation in the sky
represented by an inanimate object.

o At 538 square degrees, Libra ranks 29th

overall in terms
of size. It doesn’t have any first magnitude Libra
stars, making it relatively faint but not
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Constellation Libra
o Means The ‘’Bull’’ in Latin.

o Is one of the constellations of the zodiac,

which means it is crossed by the plane of the
ecliptic.
o It is one of the oldest constellations.
o Taurus is one of the largest constellations in
the night sky.
o Aldebaran - is the brightest star in Taurus.
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- Is the 14th brightest star in the sky. Symbol: Taurus Zodiac Sign. Vector
Illustration. EPS10

- A red giant star;

- Aldebaran is also 65 light – years from Earth.
 Its name means ‘’The great bear’’ or ‘’The larger
bear’’ in latin.
 It is the largest northern constellation and third
largest constellation.

 The constellation Ursa Major contains the group

of stars commonly called the Big Dipper.
 Ursa Major constellation lies in the northern sky.
 Ursa Major is full of unique celestial object
 Dubhe - is the brightest star in Ursa Major.

Ursa Major

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Vector illustration of Ursa Major
constellation on the background of
starry sky and night landscape
 The Myth Of Ursa Major

According to legend, Ursa Major was once the beautiful

maiden Callisto, whom the god Zeus had an affair with. In order
to protect her and their son, Arcas, from his jealous wife Hera,
Zeus turned Callisto and Arcas into bears. He then picked up
the bears by their short, stubby tails and threw them into the
sky. While doing this the tails of the bears stretched out. Arcas
can be seen in the night sky as the constellation of Ursa Minor.
The constellation of Ursa Major is visible all year round for
observers in the Northern Hemipshere. The constellation never
sets below the horizon, although it does become very low in
the sky during the winter months. Ursa Major can easily be
spotted in the northern sky.