Constellations
People long ago, like the ancient Greeks, did the same thing, although they saw the stars as pictures of gods and goddesses or of stories from their culture. Many peoples noticed that the planets, the moon, and comets moved through the sky in a different way than the stars. The motion of the Earth and the motion of the Sun in our sky affect the stars and the constellations that we see in spring, summer, fall, and winter. Some constellations never rise or set, and they are called circumpolar. All the other constellations can only be seen during certain seasons.
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Northern Hemisphere constellations
Southern Hemisphere constellations
Sky maps
Myths about the constellations
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