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Pisces

Mythology

The Romans came up with the idea of the goddess fish in the myth of Venus and her son Cupid. These two mythic figures were surprised by the monster Tifon, but Venus knew that they could escape by water. Caught Cupid and immersed himself in the water, the both were transformed into fish. To make sure that not be lost, were tied with a rope. In the sky we see, therefore, to both mother and child, which are united by a rope.

Pisces, the 12th zodiacal constellation, it is difficult to locate because the stars that compose it are very faint; none of them exceeds the magnitude 4. The figure consists of two fish tied by their tails with a rope; the fish eastern swims in the vertical direction, while your partner is oriented toward the west and located just a few degrees above the equator, more or less parallel to this. A ring of five stars, which in some occasions, they have received the name of the wheel, is located immediately south of the great Square of Pegasus, and to the south, but slightly to the east of the bright star Markab. The head of the fish, that swims, toward the north is about to collide with Andromeda, and it is easy to find it exactly to the south of Mirach. In the eastern end of this constellation, the rope that binds the fish is indicated by the star Alrischa. Pisces has its peak between the end of September and principles of October.

Stars:

η Psc

γ Psc

ω Psc

ι Psc

Torcularis Septentrionalis (ο Psc)

Aquarius

Mythology

The son of king of Troy, Ganymede, was the most beautiful of all young people of the Earth ,Zeus rapture the boy and took him to the Olympus to make it his cupbearer staff. This abduction had many implications on mount Olympus. The arrival annoys Hebe, goddess of youth and daughter of Hera, wife of Zeus she felt offended by the insult to Hebe, the attitude of his wife infuriated Zeus, who glorified ganymede giving it a place in the stars.

Aquarius, is a constellation that’s complicated to distinguish because it has no star that exceeds the magnitude 3. Fornalhaut is a good indicator to find the constellation of Aquarius, and 30or toward the northwest of this same star distinguishes a stellar group that indicates the presence of the jar of water. You can locate the head of the man and the jug to the south of Pegaso at the height of the head of the horse. This constellation has its peak at the end of August and principles of September.

Their main stars are:
- Sadalmelik, a yellow star of magnitude 3.0, this star marks the right shoulder of the figure, next to the jar.
- Sadalsuud, yellow star of magnitude 2.9 . The left shoulder is indicated by this star.

Capricorn

Mythology

Capricorn is associated with the Greek god Pan, known for its lustful behavior and by the invention of the pan flute. Some say he was a satyr; a man with goats legs, cloven-hoofed and horns. He received his honors when Rea sent the sea monster Tifon to destroy the gods of Olympus. Pan is slop pail in a river and he sought to become a fish to escape. But only achievement transformed to half and when returned to earth, the tifon had already broken up Zeus. To frighten the monster, Pan issued a squeal, which allowed Hermes (the messenger of the gods) recover the members torn from Zeus. Together, Pan and Hermes have been reassembled to Zeus that he rewarded Pan by assigning it a place among the constellations.

Capricorn, the tenth and the smallest of the zodiacal constellations, is formed by stars of magnitude 3 and 4, located to the east of Sagittarius. Its height is given at the beginning of August, but the combination of clear skies and its location at the south of the equator make this constellation is appreciated very little since middle and high latitudes in the northern hemisphere. You can locate by drawing a line from Vega (constellation Lira) that pass by Altair (from the constellation of the Eagle) going through the Milky Way, until you reach Algedi and Dabih, which are the stars alpha and beta of the horns of the goat.

Their main stars are:

- Algedi or Giedi, a yellowish star of magnitude 3.6 . The two names mean "goat" or "ibex". Algedi is, in reality a couple of stars, apparently boards but without any relationship.

Dabih - a star yellow-gold of magnitude 3.1 the name has its origin in arabic to Sa'd the Dhabih, "the lucky of the slaughtermen", and refers to the arabic tradition of sacrificing a goat when the Sun enters for the first time in the fields of stellar Capricorn.

- Deneb Algedi, magnitude 2.9 . The most brilliant of Capricorn, called the "tail of the goat".

Sagittarius

Mythology

Sagittarius, is the image of the centaur Chiron, a being that is distinguished from the others by its wisdom and knowledge. He was born of the love between Cronos and the nymph Filiras, and had the strange form of half man, half horse,Chiron was taught by Apollo and Artemis in the art of medicine and the hunting, in the course of a battle he was wounded by an arrow, which caused him terrible pains. As it was inmortal doesn’t wanted to continue living with a perpetual agony, with the consent of the gods he offered his immortality to Prometeo, dying shortly afterwards. Zeus put it between the stars of the sky forming the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer).

Sagittarius the archer s is a spectacular constellation of about 700or square located in the southern hemisphere observable from almost the entire planet, but of course in the southern hemisphere we can contemplate it in its full splendour. In the southern hemisphere is observable during the months of autumn, winter and spring; in contrast to the inhabitants of the northern hemisphere is total view during the warm nights of summer at low altitude over the horizon. The constellation of Sagittarius has the particularity that the ecuador of the Milky Way crosses the constellation in two parts. In addition, the center of our Milky Way galaxy is in the southeast of the same, the Milky Way's nucleus is located 30,000 light years from the Sun, therefore, if we look to this constellation, thanks to its proximity to the center of the galaxy, we can get to see your kernel and a large quantity of clusters and tasty fields of stars.

Stars:

Kaus Australis (ε Sgr)

Nunki (σ Sgr)

Ascella (ζ Sgr)

Kaus Medius (δ Sgr)

Kaus Borealis (λ Sgr)

Scorpio

Mythology:

The leyend says that one day while artemis was haunting the gigant orion suddenly apperead in the middle of the wood. Orion looked at her and found her beautiful and young so he tried to seduce her .But artemis was a caste deity so she asked a scorpion to help. The scorpion bitted the giant and he set artemis free so to reward thescorpion, artemis put it in the sky Just on the opposite side of the constellation Orion. This is the scorpion, who is represented in the sky of summer. Orion shines in the nights of winter and its brightness wanes when it arises the constellation Scorpius. That is why competition develops between Scorpio and Orion.

Since ancient times, were recognized 24 stars formed the figure of the scorpion and three others that were out of the design. The most important is the alpha Antares or "Heart of the Scorpion", because in the figure is found in the place of the heart of the animal. Antares is a super giant red 400 times larger than our own Sun, its spectral type is mixed, and lately it is said that this is a double with dwarf. The greatest of these is of type M0 of reddish color and low-temperature, and the small companion-type A3 green. Lesath is another star interesting. It is of the type B3, hotter than the previous one, and together with Shaula, form the sting of the scorpion

Stars:

Antarès (α Sco)

Shaula (λ Sco)

Sargas (θ Sco)

ε Sco

Dschubba (δ Sco)

Libra

Mythology:

The balance symbolized the identical duration of the day and night in the equinoxes: two millenniums ago, the passage of Sun to Pound marked the equinox of September. Were the roman’s astrologers who interpreted the scales of Libra as justice, subject by Astrea, the goddess of justice.

Libra is the seventh sign of the zodiac, is situated between Virgo to the west and Scorpio, to the east. Due to its low visual charm, it is easier identification from Scorpio. To do this we will have to extend the claws of the scorpion to form a few large claws. The tip of the scales, Zuben Elgenubi is almost exactly on the ecliptic, half way and a few degrees north of a line that extends between Spica (Virgo) and Antares (Scorpio). Pound has its peak at the beginning of may; you can see it from all latitudes except from the arctic region.

Their stars more significant are:

- Zuben Elgenubi, which means "clip of the south". It is a blue star-white of magnitude 2.8 .

- Zuben Eschamali, means "clip of the north". This star is emerald green in color and its magnitude is 2.6 .