Constellations

By: Maija Beaudoin

The Top 10 Most Popular • Andromeda (The Princess)• Orion (The Hunter)• Sagittarius (The Archer)• Cassiopeia (The Queen)• Cancer (The Crab)• Taurus (The Bull)• Aquarius (The Water Bearer)• Gemini (The Twins)• Scorpius (The Scorpion)• Leo (The Lion)

Orion (The Hunter)

• Orion is one of the oldest and best known constellations

• One of the easiest to see in the night sky • Orion is the legendary great hunter from the

Greek• The gods sent Scorpius, to sting Orion's foot,

and kill him because he was annoying them because of his bragging

Sagittarius (The Archer)

• Was an Archer• Half Human, Half Horse• He changed himself into a horse to escape his

jealous wife, Rhea• This Constellation is made up by 1• He was the son of Saturn and Plyilyra and is

said to have changed himself into a horse to escape his jealous wife, Rhea.2 Stars

Cassiopeia (The Queen)

• Consists of 5 Stars • Queen of Ethiopia• Wife of the King Cepheus• Cassiopeia was later put into the sky to sit on

her throne• Cassiopeia was also seen by the Arabs, they

thought it was a hand or a kneeling camel• The Eskimos called it the stone lamp

Cancer (The Crab)

• Consists of 5 Stars • The Chaldeans thought of Cancer • They felt that a crab, which walks backwards• The little crab bit Hercules' toes and was

crushed in the end

Taurus (The Bull)

• Taurus is one of the ancient constellations• Many cultures saw this constellation as a bull,

like the Greek • Taurus was not always a bull, he was a human

with shape shifting powers

Citations

• "Orion the Hunter." Welcome to StarrySkies.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/orion.html>.

• "Cassiopeia." Welcome to StarrySkies.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2011. <http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/cassiopeia.html>.