88 Officially Recognized Constellations - NASA
Learn about the 88 officially recognized constellations and their significance in astronomy on NASA's webpage.
What are constellations? - NASA
Constellations have imaginary boundaries formed by "connecting the dots" and all the stars within those boundaries are labeled with the name of that constellation. However, keep in mind that constellations are not real objects; they are just patterns …
Constellations - NASA
2. Read several short examples of myths explaining constellations. There are several short myths on-line in the Universe activity section of StarChild. For a longer, more in-depth introduction, read a book such as Quillworker: A Cheyenne Legend by Terri Cohlene. 3. Show picture examples of constellations. Materials: • 8.5 by 11 white paper
Constellations (Worm/Okami) - SpaceBattles
2016年8月11日 · Constellations 1 The first year that Taylor went to summer camp, she was only eight years...
Constellations: Warhammer 40k AU - SpaceBattles
2020年3月2日 · CONSTELLATIONS I can't believe I'm doing this This thread is dedicated to the main storyline and random snippet collection called 'Constellations'. It started after seeing comments about how Heresy AUs just repeat the same formula and how corrupt and rotten the Imperium is and how the Emperor was an awful father...now we have this thread.
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - NASA
2018年5月14日 · This site is intended for students in grades K through 8. StarChild is a learning center for young astronomers ages 5-13 to learn about the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, and the universe beyond.
What causes a "falling star"? - NASA
It is important to understand that the meteoroids (and therefore the meteors) do not really originate from the constellations or any of the stars in the constellations, however. They just seem to come from that part of the sky because of the way the Earth encounters the particles moving in the path of the comet's orbit.
Star Art - NASA
Initiate a discussion of constellations by reading to students (or directing them to read for themselves) the introduction to the Star Art activity found in Universe Level 2 of StarChild. Explain that many star groups were named for the people, animals, and objects our ancestors imagined seeing when they looked at the stars.
Star Art - An Introduction to Myths of Different Cultures - NASA
Star Art - An Introduction to Myths of Different Cultures. Star watching has occupied humans from the earliest times.
Who figured out the Earth is round? - NASA
Around 350 BC, the great Aristotle declared that the Earth was a sphere (based on observations he made about which constellations you could see in the sky as you travelled further and further away from the equator) and during the next hundred years or so, Aristarchus and Eratosthenes actually measured the size of the Earth!