Space Encyclopedia/Constellations Spring



Learning about constellations (their mythologies) in detail

Ancient people could tell direction, time and season by the stars in the sky. They linked stars together with lines to make figures of animals and humans. These were the beginnings of onstellations. Constellations were first introduced in Babylonia and Greece where they developed to their present shapes. By approximately 200 B.C., there were Spring constellations that had already been counted. Here, you can get information about 12 constellations known as the zodiac.

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The Crab
The Lion
The Virgin
The Great Bear
The Hydra
The Herdsman
The Southern Cross
The Lesser Bear
Coma Berenices
(Hair constellation)

The Lion Cub
The Hunting Dogs
The Northern Crown
The Cup
The Crow
The Sextant
The Fly
The Lynx
Centaur
The Wolf
The Pump
The Bird of Paradise
The Compasses




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