1. The Summer Constellations With thanks to http://my.execpc.com/60/B3/culp/astronomy/

2. The view to the north

4. The view to the south

6. The Big Dipper

9. a real “big dipper” (a ladel)

10. Ursa Major (the Great Bear) includes the Big Dipper

12. a real “great bear”

13. Look up from the two stars at the end of the Dipper to find the North Star.

16. The Little Dipper, or Ursa Minor (the little bear) Notice Polaris, the North Star.

18. a real “little dipper”

19. Cassiopeia (the Queen) Say “cass-ee-oh-PEE-uh”

21. Queen Cassiopeia

22. Curve down to Arcturus, then go further to get to Spica. Say “ark-TOOR-us” and “SPY-kuh”

24. Bootes (the Herdsman) and Corona Borealis (the Northern Crown) Notice the bright star Arcturus. Say “boh-OH-teez”

26. a herdsman and a crown

27. Virgo (the Virgin) Notice the bright star, Spica.

29. The Virgin Mary

30. Cepheus (the King) Say “SEE-fee-us”

32. King Cepheus

33. Sagittarius (the Archer), which includes the Teapot

35. Sagittarius the Archer and a teapot

36. Scorpius (the scorpion) and Libra (the scales) Notice the bright star, Antares. Say “ant-AIR-eez”

38. a scorpion and some scales

39. Ophiuchus (the serpent bearer), Serpens Caput (the head of the serpent), and Serpens Cauda (the foot of the serpent) Say “OFF-ee-YOO-kuss”

41. a person “bearing” (or holding) a “serpent” (a snake)

42. Ophiuchus and the serpent

43. The Milky Way is our galaxy. (It isn’t a constellation.)

45. Here is what the Milky Way looks like in the sky.

46. Here is a painting of what it might look like from far, far away.

47. Aquila (the Eagle) Notice the bright star, Altair. Say “uh-KWILL-uh”

49. a Bald Eagle and a Golden Eagle

50. Cygnus (the swan), Sagitta (the arrow), and Delphinus (the dolphin) Notice the bright star, Deneb. Say “suh-JIT-uh” and “del-FINE-us”

52. a swan, an arrow, and a dolphin

53. Lyra (the lyre) Notice the bright star, Vega. Say “LIE-ruh” and “VAY-guh”

55. a lyre (an ancient harp)

56. The Summer Triangle

58. Hercules (the hero)

60. Hercules, the strongest man in ancient Greece

61. Draco (the dragon)

63. a dragon (but dragons aren’t real, they are only stories!)

64. The End