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September Constellations

September Constellations. DIRECTIONS: Choose a constellation that is visible during September You will then create a personal ad, song, poem, drawing, or essay that summarizes: What the name means What stars are in it Where the star is located in the sky When is it visible

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September Constellations

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  1. September Constellations DIRECTIONS: Choose a constellation that is visible during September You will then create a personal ad, song, poem, drawing, or essay that summarizes: What the name means What stars are in it Where the star is located in the sky When is it visible Myths people have created about it Give this constellation a “make-over”: give it a new name, tell a new myth about it, etc.

  2. Aquila • Name Translation: The Eagle • Position in the Sky • Right Ascension: 20 hours • Declination: 5 degrees • Visible between latitudes 85 and -75 degrees • Best seen in September (at 9:00 PM) • Named Stars • ALTAIR (Alpha Aql) • ALSHAIN (Beta Aql) • TARAZED (Gamma Aql) • Deneb el Okab (Epsilon Aql) • Deneb el Okab (Zeta Aql) • Myth of Name: Depicted as an eagle, Aquila is named for the bird that belonged to Zeus. Aquila's most famous task was carrying the mortal Ganymede to the heavens to serve as Zeus' cup bearer. • Additional Info: Two major novae have been observed in Aquila. The first one was in 389 AD and was recorded to be as bright as Venus. The other shone brighter than Altair, the brightest star in Aquila. A nova is what the ancients called a "new star." In reality, it is not a new star at all, but a very old one that suddenly becomes bright again, regaining some of the former glory of its youth. Note that there is a very strong difference between a nova (an old star brightening temporarily) and a supernova (a massive star exploding).

  3. Capricornus • Name Translation: The Sea Goat • Position in the Sky • Right Ascension: 21 hours • Declination: -20 degrees • Visible between latitudes 60 and -90 degrees • Best seen in September (at 9:00 PM) • Named Stars • Prima Giedi (Alpha 1 Cap) • SecundaGiedi (Alpha 2 Cap) • Dabih (Beta Cap) • Nashira (Gamma Cap) • DenebAlgedi (Delta Cap) • Alshat (Nu Cap) • Key Facts: This is one of the 13 constellations of the Zodiac. Capricornus has been recognized as a goat since Babylonian and Chaldean times. Usually, it is depicted as a goat with a fish tail, which might relate to a story about the god Pan. Pan, fleeing a monster called Typhon, jumed into the river Nile. The part of him that was below water turned into a fish, while the rest of him above water, stayed as a goat.

  4. Microscopium • Name Translation: The Microscope • Position in the Sky • Right Ascension: 21 hours • Declination: -35 degrees • Visible between latitudes 45 and -90 degrees • Best seen in September (at 9:00 PM) • Stars: • Gamma Microscopii • Epsilon Microscopii • Theta1 Microscopii • Alpha Microscopii • Iota Microscopii • Key Facts: Microscopium was named by Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. It was, of course, named after the microscope, whose creation is attributed to Zacharius Janssen. Janssen, a Dutch spectacle maker, is believed to have invented the microscope in 1590. It seems that several people, including Galileo Galilei, duplicated his invention at about the same time.

  5. Pavo • Name Translation: The Peacock • Position in the Sky • Right Ascension: 20 hours • Declination: -65 degrees • Visible between latitudes 15 and -90 degrees • Best seen in September (at 9:00 PM) • Named Stars • Peacock (Alpha Pavonis) • Beta Pavonis • Gamma Pavonis • Eta Pavonis • Zeta Pavonis • Key Info: Pavo was named by Johann Bayer. His inspiration to name this constellation as such, may have come from the mythological peacock that was sacred to Hera. Zeus' wife Hera, had suspected that her husband had fallen in love with the mortal Io and had changed his lover in a white heifer as disguise. Hera then asked Argus Panoptes, a giant with 100 eyes, to guard the disguised heifer. When Zeus found out the his lover was being guarded, he sent Hermes to kill Argus. After Hera found out of Argus' death, she distribuited his eyes all over the tail of the peacock.

  6. Indus • Name Translation: The American Indian • Position in the Sky • Right Ascension: 21 hours • Declination: -55 degrees • Visible between latitudes 25 and -90 degrees • Best seen in September (at 9:00 PM) • Stars: • Alpha Indi • Beta Indi • Epsilon Indi • Theta Indi • Key Facts: Indus was named by Johann Bayer. It touches on Telescopium, Pavo, Tucana, and Grus Julius Schiller combined Indus and Pavo to form the Biblical figure Job. Like Schiller's other religious constellations, Job did not last. The constellation is illustrated as a man holding arrows, without a bow, as though hunting. It is unclear whether Indus refers to a native of the East Indies or the Americas.

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