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1 2 4 3 3 3 3 Since the earliest times people have given names to the constellations – mostly of animals or of gods – and built legends around them. For example, the constellation we know today as Orion was given this name by the ancient Greeks . Many myths tell about Orion, a handsome demigod. Ancient Chinese astronomers knew Orion as Shen, a great hunter or warrior. Well before that, the ancient Egyptians related this constellation with their god Osiris. The frst people to name it were the Sumerians; the name was Uru An- na, meaning ` Heaven’s light ’. Orion: a famous constellation 5 In 1927 a contest was held to choose the fag of Alaska. The winner was Benny Benson, a 13 year-old Alaskan boy. He wrote: ` The North Star is for the future state of Alaska, the most northerly in the Union. The Dipper is for the Great Bear — symbolizing strength ’. 12 The fag of Brazil. Its 27 stars represent the 27 states and are arranged in the same patern as in the night sky over Brazil. Constellations are often represented on State Flags, proving the importance of the sky for mankind, even in modern times. Stars can be seen only at night: during the day, they are outshone by the Sun. In the course of a year, the Earth revolves around the Sun so that dierent parts of the sky are seen in dierent seasons (see the drawing on the opposite page). The celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere centered on Earth on which all the stars are projected and seem to move. The apparent path of the Sun on the celestial sphere is a circle that crosses those constellations that are close to the plane of rotation of the Earth around the Sun. This path is called the Zodiac. The sky in dierent seasons 9 The Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Dierent constellations are visible in the night sky during the year. People standing in opposite hemispheres of the Earth are upside down with respect to each other, and have inverted views of the same constellation. 8 The stars of the Orion constellation with imaginary lines connecting them. 4 Above: Orion as represented in 1687 by the Polish Astronomer Johannes Hevelius in his Sky Atlas. Right: a detail of the Dunhuang Map, a 7th century Chinese star chart, showing the Orion constellation. Constellations and Astronomy A few thousand stars are visible to the naked eye. Over the years, they have been catalogued in many sky atlases with beautiful illustrations depicting the constellations. Nowadays astronomers know how to measure the distances of stars. In a single constellation the stars are usually very far from one another and are not physically linked. But we still like to recognize the constellations in the sky. With telescopes, we can fnd many more stars. In 2014, using the Isaac Newton Telescope on the Canary Islands, astronomers released a catalogue of 219 million stars. 13 Some famous constellations The Twins The Scorpion The Swan The Lion Grażyna Stasińska Paris Observatory The Universe in my pocket ES-001 Figures in the sky No. 5 +

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Page 1: Di Figures in the sky - UFSCminerva.ufsc.br/~natalia/tuimp/booklets/tuimp-en005... · 2019. 3. 17. · Sky Atlas. Right: a detail of the Dunhuang Map, a 7th century Chinese star chart,

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st

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op

le h

av

e

giv

en

na

me

s t

o t

he

co

ns

te

llat

ion

s –

mo

st

ly o

f an

ima

ls o

r of g

od

s – a

nd

b

uilt

leg

en

ds

aro

un

d t

he

m.

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r ex

am

ple

, th

e c

on

st

ella

tio

n w

e

kn

ow

to

da

y a

s O

rion

wa

s g

ive

n t

his

n

am

e b

y t

he

an

cie

nt

Gre

ek

s . M

an

y

my

th

s t

ell a

bo

ut

Orio

n, a

h

an

ds

om

e d

em

igo

d.

An

cie

nt

Ch

ine

se

as

tro

no

me

rs kn

ew

O

rion

as

Sh

en

, a g

rea

t h

un

te

r or

wa

rrior.

We

ll be

fore

th

at

, th

e a

nc

ien

t

Eg

yp

tia

ns

rela

te

d t

his

c

on

st

ella

tio

n w

ith

th

eir g

od

Os

iris.

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e fi

rst

pe

op

le t

o n

am

e it

we

re t

he

S

um

eria

ns

; th

e n

am

e w

as

Uru

An

-n

a, m

ea

nin

g ` H

ea

ve

n’s

ligh

t ’.

Orio

n: a

fam

ou

s c

on

st

ella

tio

n

5

In 1

92

7 a

co

nt

es

t

wa

s h

eld

to

ch

oo

se

t

he

fla

g o

f Ala

sk

a. T

he

w

inn

er w

as

Be

nn

y

Be

ns

on

, a 1

3 y

ea

r-old

A

las

ka

n b

oy

. He

w

rot

e: ` T

he

No

rth

S

ta

r is fo

r th

e fu

tu

re

st

at

e o

f Ala

sk

a, t

he

m

os

t n

ort

he

rly in

th

e

Un

ion

. Th

e D

ipp

er is

fo

r th

e G

rea

t B

ea

r —s

ym

bo

lizin

g s

tre

ng

th ’.

12

Th

e fl

ag

of B

raz

il. Its

2

7 s

ta

rs re

pre

se

nt

t

he

27

st

at

es

an

d

are

arra

ng

ed

in t

he

s

am

e p

att

ern

as

in

th

e n

igh

t s

ky

ov

er

Bra

zil.

   

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ns

te

llat

ion

s a

re o

fte

n re

pre

se

nt

ed

on

S

ta

te

Fla

gs

, pro

vin

g t

he

imp

ort

an

ce

of

th

e s

ky

for m

an

kin

d, e

ve

n in

mo

de

rn

tim

es

.

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ars

ca

n b

e s

ee

n o

nly

at

nig

ht

: d

urin

g t

he

da

y, t

he

y a

re o

ut

sh

on

e

by

th

e S

un

.

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he

co

urs

e o

f a y

ea

r, th

e E

art

h

rev

olv

es

aro

un

d t

he

Su

n s

o t

ha

t

diff

ere

nt

pa

rts

of t

he

sk

y a

re s

ee

n

in d

iffe

ren

t s

ea

so

ns

(se

e t

he

d

raw

ing

on

th

e o

pp

os

ite

pa

ge

).

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e c

ele

st

ial s

ph

ere

is a

n im

ag

ina

ry

sp

he

re c

en

te

red

on

Ea

rth

on

wh

ich

a

ll th

e s

ta

rs a

re p

roje

ct

ed

an

d

se

em

to

mo

ve

.

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e a

pp

are

nt

pa

th

of t

he

Su

n o

n

th

e c

ele

st

ial s

ph

ere

is a

circ

le t

ha

t

cro

ss

es

th

os

e c

on

st

ella

tio

ns

th

at

a

re c

los

e t

o t

he

pla

ne

of ro

ta

tio

n

of t

he

Ea

rth

aro

un

d t

he

Su

n. T

his

p

at

h is

ca

lled

th

e Z

od

iac

.

Th

e s

ky

in d

iffe

ren

t s

ea

so

ns

9

Th

e E

art

h’s

orb

it a

rou

nd

th

e S

un

. D

iffe

ren

t c

on

st

ella

tio

ns

are

vis

ible

in t

he

n

igh

t s

ky

du

ring

th

e y

ea

r.

Pe

op

le s

ta

nd

ing

in

op

po

sit

e

he

mis

ph

ere

s o

f t

he

Ea

rth

are

u

ps

ide

do

wn

wit

h

res

pe

ct

to

ea

ch

o

th

er, a

nd

ha

ve

in

ve

rte

d v

iew

s o

f t

he

sa

me

c

on

st

ella

tio

n.

8

 

Th

e s

ta

rs o

f t

he

O

rio

n c

on

st

ella

tio

n

wit

h im

ag

ina

ry li

ne

s

co

nn

ec

tin

g t

he

m.

4

Ab

ov

e: O

rio

n a

s

rep

res

en

te

d in

16

87

by

t

he

Po

lis

h A

st

ron

om

er

J

oh

an

ne

s H

ev

eli

us

in h

is

Sk

y A

tla

s.

R

igh

t: a

de

ta

il o

f t

he

D

un

hu

an

g M

ap

, a

7t

h

ce

nt

ury

Ch

ine

se

st

ar

ch

art

, sh

ow

ing

th

e O

rio

n

co

ns

te

lla

tio

n.

Co

ns

te

lla

tio

ns

an

d A

st

ron

om

y

A f

ew

th

ou

sa

nd

st

ars

are

vis

ible

to

t

he

na

ke

d e

ye

. O

ve

r t

he

ye

ars

, th

ey

h

av

e b

ee

n c

at

alo

gu

ed

in m

an

y s

ky

a

tla

se

s w

ith

be

au

tif

ul i

llus

tra

tio

ns

d

ep

ict

ing

th

e c

on

st

ella

tio

ns

.

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wa

da

ys

as

tro

no

me

rs k

no

w h

ow

to

m

ea

su

re t

he

dis

ta

nc

es

of

st

ars

. In

a

sin

gle

co

ns

te

lla

tio

n t

he

st

ars

are

u

su

all

y v

ery

fa

r fr

om

on

e a

no

th

er

an

d a

re n

ot

ph

ys

ica

lly

lin

ke

d.

Bu

t

we

st

ill l

ike

to

re

co

gn

ize

th

e

co

ns

te

lla

tio

ns

in t

he

sk

y.

Wit

h t

ele

sc

op

es

, we

ca

n fi

nd

ma

ny

m

ore

st

ars

. In

20

14

, us

ing

th

e

Isa

ac

Ne

wt

on

Te

les

co

pe

on

th

e

Ca

na

ry I

sla

nd

s, a

st

ron

om

ers

re

lea

se

d a

ca

ta

log

ue

of

21

9 m

illi

on

s

ta

rs.

13

So

me

fa

mo

us

c

on

st

ell

at

ion

s

Th

e T

win

s

Th

e S

co

rpio

n

T

he

Sw

an

Th

e L

ion  

Gra

ży

na

St

as

ińs

ka

P

ari

s O

bs

erv

at

ory

Th

e U

niv

ers

e in

my

po

ck

et

ES-­‐001  

Fig

ure

s in

th

e s

ky

No

. 5

 

+

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If yo

u lo

ok

at

th

e s

ky

on

a c

lea

r n

igh

t, y

ou

will s

ee

th

at

th

e s

ta

rs

se

em

to

dra

w fi

gu

res

.

Th

es

e fi

gu

res

, ca

lled

co

ns

te

llat

ion

s,

rem

ain

ide

nt

ica

l du

ring

th

e n

igh

t

an

d d

o n

ot

ch

an

ge

from

on

e n

igh

t

to

an

ot

he

r. Bu

t t

he

wh

ole

patt

ern

m

ov

es

: like

th

e S

un

, co

ns

te

llat

ion

s

« ris

e »

in t

he

ea

st

an

d « s

et »

in

th

e W

es

t. T

he

wh

ole

patt

ern

g

rad

ua

lly s

hift

s fro

m o

ne

nig

ht

to

a

no

th

er b

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is fo

un

d in

th

e s

am

e

pla

ce

aft

er e

xa

ct

ly o

ne

ye

ar h

as

p

as

se

d.

It is

no

t s

urp

risin

g t

ha

t e

ve

r sin

ce

t

he

old

es

t t

ime

s, p

eo

ple

of a

ll c

ult

ure

s h

av

e p

aid

clo

se

att

en

tio

n

to

th

e s

ky

, wh

ich

se

rve

d t

o o

rien

t

th

em

bo

th

in s

pa

ce

an

d in

tim

e.

Th

is is

ho

w A

st

ron

om

y s

ta

rte

d.

3

TU

IMP

Cre

at

ive C

om

mo

ns

To

lea

rn m

ore

ab

ou

t t

his

s

erie

s a

nd

ab

ou

t t

he

to

pic

s

pre

se

nt

ed

in t

his

bo

okle

t,

ple

as

e vis

ithtt

p://w

ww

.tu

imp

.org

Th

e U

niv

ers

e in

my

po

ck

et

No

. 5   

Nr

1

Th

e c

ov

er im

ag

e re

pre

se

nt

s t

he

"Em

u in

th

e

sk

y", a

co

ns

te

llat

ion

pre

se

nt

in m

an

y

ab

orig

ina

l Au

st

ralia

n c

ult

ure

s. It

is n

ot

d

efi

ne

d b

y s

ta

rs b

ut

by

th

e d

ark

pa

tc

he

s

vis

ible

ag

ain

st

th

e M

ilky

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y b

ac

kg

rou

nd

.   T

his

bo

ok

let

wa

s w

ritte

n in

20

15

by

G

raż

yn

a S

ta

siń

sk

a fro

m P

aris

Ob

se

rva

to

ry

(Fra

nc

e) a

nd

rev

ise

d b

y S

ta

n K

urt

z fro

m t

he

U

NA

M R

ad

io A

st

ron

om

y In

st

itu

te

in M

ore

lia

(Me

xic

o).

Th

e T

win

s, in

a

15

37

Pe

rsia

n c

op

y

of T

he

Wo

nd

ers

of

Cre

at

ion

, writt

en

by

a

l-Qa

zw

ini a

rou

nd

1

25

0.

Th

e L

ion

, in t

he

U

ran

om

et

ria o

f th

e

Ge

rma

n a

st

ron

om

er

Jo

ha

n B

ay

er (1

60

3).  

Th

e S

wa

n, in

th

e

Ce

les

tia

l At

las

of

th

e E

ng

lish

a

st

ron

om

er J

oh

n

Fla

ms

te

ed

(17

29

).

Sc

orp

io, in

th

e T

rea

ty

o

f sp

he

res

by

An

da

lo d

i N

eg

ro a

rou

nd

13

30

.  

se

e t

he

co

ns

te

llat

ion

of t

he

Gre

at

Be

ar.

2

Th

is 1

7,0

00

ye

ar

old

pa

int

ing

from

th

e

La

sc

au

x c

av

e in

F

ran

ce

sh

ow

s t

he

s

ta

rs o

f wh

at

is

no

w c

alle

d t

he

P

leia

de

s c

lus

te

r.

Th

is d

isc

fou

nd

in G

erm

an

y

an

d t

ho

ug

ht

to

ha

ve

be

en

m

ad

e a

lmo

st

40

00

ye

ars

a

go

sh

ow

s t

he

Su

n, t

he

m

oo

n a

nd

se

ve

ral s

ta

rs,

am

on

g w

hic

h a

re t

he

P

leia

de

s.  

`St

arry

Nig

ht

o

ve

r th

e R

ne

’ is

a fa

mo

us

p

ain

tin

g b

y t

he

g

rea

t D

ut

ch

a

rtis

t V

inc

en

t

Va

n G

og

h,

wh

ere

on

e c

an

 

Th

e O

rio

n

co

ns

te

lla

tio

n s

ee

n

fro

m t

he

so

ut

he

rn

he

mis

ph

ere

, wh

ere

it

loo

ks

up

sid

e d

ow

n.

S

up

eri

mp

os

ed

is t

he

re

pre

se

nt

at

ion

of

th

e

my

th

of

an

Au

st

rali

an

p

eo

ple

as

so

cia

te

d t

o

th

is c

on

st

ell

at

ion

.

6

Th

e O

ld M

an

is

an

in

dig

en

ou

s

Bra

zil

ian

n

am

e f

or

a

co

ns

te

lla

tio

n

form

ed

by

a

co

mb

ina

tio

n

of

th

e O

rio

n

an

d T

au

rus

c

on

st

ella

tio

ns

. (I

ma

ge

fro

m

th

e m

us

eu

m

of

Am

az

on

ia.)

As

tro

no

my

an

d A

st

rolo

gy

Th

e w

ord

zo

dia

c is

ve

ry w

ell

-kn

ow

n

be

ca

us

e o

f it

s r

ela

tio

n w

ith

h

oro

sc

op

es

, wh

ich

pre

te

nd

to

p

red

ict

yo

ur

fut

ure

ac

co

rdin

g t

o

th

e p

os

itio

n o

f t

he

Su

n in

th

e

zo

dia

c a

t t

he

tim

e o

f y

ou

r b

irt

h.

Pe

op

le w

rit

ing

ho

ros

co

pe

s a

re

ca

lle

d A

st

rolo

ge

rs, n

ot

to

be

c

on

fus

ed

wit

h A

st

ron

om

ers

!

As

tro

no

my

is a

sc

ien

ce

th

at

d

es

cri

be

s a

nd

tri

es

to

un

de

rst

an

d

th

e o

bje

ct

s b

ey

on

d t

he

Ea

rth

’s

at

mo

sp

he

re (

pla

ne

ts

, st

ars

, ga

lax

ies

).

As

tro

log

y is

no

t a

sc

ien

ce

. It

a

ss

um

es

th

at

th

ere

is a

lin

k b

et

we

en

t

he

po

sit

ion

of

th

e S

un

an

d p

lan

et

s

an

d p

eo

ple

’s li

ve

s. B

ut

th

ere

is n

o

rea

so

n f

or

th

is t

o b

e t

rue

. On

th

e

co

nt

rary

, th

ere

is m

uc

h e

vid

en

ce

th

at

t

his

is w

ron

g.

11

 

Ch

ine

se

zo

dia

c, u

se

d f

or

div

ina

tio

n, v

ery

d

iffe

ren

t f

rom

th

e o

cc

ide

nt

al z

od

iac

.

10

   

6

th

ce

nt

ury

mo

sa

ic r

ep

res

en

tin

g t

he

w

he

el o

f t

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