Constellations Jeff Barton Director of Astronomy

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Constellations Jeff Barton Director of Astronomy Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus 3 Rivers Foundation

What is a Constellation? Astronomers recognize 88 constellations They divide the sky into easy-to-recognize areas to make it easier to talk to others about what is where in the sky (for example: “The star Betelgeuse is in the constellation of Orion”) The brighter stars in a constellation make a “shape” (a figure of a man, a lion, a bear, and so on …) … but they have changed from earlier centuries …

Native American Thunderbirds Native peoples of a region often had their own constellations to help them navigate at night, and to recognize important mythical figures in their cultures … and these usually were much different from what we know today ...

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