1. The Constellations: A Link to Our History, Our Map for the Night Sky

3. The Sky Appears to Move During the Night….. Image credit CSUF Three basic motions of the sky – Daily- east to west with respect to the horizon

4. …And During the Year Yearly motion east to west with respect to the sun Stars move through space over long periods of time

5. Who named the constellations? Who first made up the constellations? Did all cultures see the same constellations? Are there some constellations that are no longer used? Why do we still use constellations?

6. Orion From Hevelius’ Uranographia

7. Not All the Stars in a Constellation Are Next to Each Other

8. The 88 Modern Constellations Contain 14 men and women 9 birds 1 insect 1 scorpion 19 land animals 10 water creatures 1 head of hair 1 serpent 1 flying horse 1 river 29 inanimate objects

9. Circumpolar Constellations

10. The Big Dipper- Part of Ursa Major

11. Cassiopeia- The Queen

12. Winter/Spring Constellations

13. Wouldn’t it be great if the sky looked like this?

14. Where did the lines go???

15. So Many Maps, So Much Sky: Where Do I Begin?

16. Free Monthly Sky Maps With Calendar of Events www.skymaps.com East is east and west is west? Note that on star maps east and west are reversed when compared to road maps. Can you see why?

17. Arc to Arcturus; Drive a Spike to Spica!