CONSTELLATIONS

 What is a constellation? 

A constellation is a group of stars that appears to form a pattern or picture. Constellations are easily recognizable patterns that help people orient themselves using the night sky. There are 88 “official” constellations.

How can we easily find the constellations? Can they help us orientate? 

If you want to see constellations the best places are some that are far from the city, where there are not many house lights nearby. The best time is summer since there are usually not many clouds.The main bear is the easiest constellation to see. It is one of the most used to locate the north.

Tell us 4 constellations (name) and add a picture. 

                                               

Hydra                                                                                            Virgo

 

 

                             

Ursa major                                                                                             Draco

Search and summary the story behind one of them. 

The name of Draco means dragon (translated from latin). Draco was associated with Ladon, the mythical dragon who guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides. As part of his 12 works, Heracles killed Ladon and stole the golden apples, which is why  the constellation Hercules is represented near Draco. In another myth, Draco was one of the Giants, who fought against the Olympian gods for ten years. During this battle, Dragon was killed by the goddess Athena who threw him into heaven. In the process, Draco’s body twisted and froze at the north celestial pole. It is located near the North Pole, around the Ursa minor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOLAR SYSTEM

 Neptune is dark, cold, and very windy. Neptune has six rings, but they're very hard to see. Uranus is Neptune’s near twin and composition. Neptune has a powerful magnetic field. It is 27 times stronger than Earth’s. Neptune has a radius of 24.764 km /and a diameter of 49.244 km, Neptune is four times larger than Earth and Venus. Neptune has 13 moons. It's made of a thick fog of water, ammonia, and methane over an Earth-sized solid center.  

One day on Neptune goes by in 16 hours. Neptune formed around 4.5 billion years ago. Neptune has such a long journey around the Sun it takes 165 Earth years to go around once.  The core of Neptune is about 1.5 times the size of Earth. 

Neptune is very similar to Uranus. It's the last of the planets in our solar system. It's more than 30 times as far from the sun as Earth is. Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun at an average distance of 4.5 billion kilometers. Neptune is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System sunlight reaches Neptune after 4 hours. Was discovered in 1846 by Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams, and Johann Galle. In Greek mythology, he is known as Poseidon. The planet was probably given this name due to its blue appearance.