A constellation is a group of stars that seems to form a distinctive pattern in the sky.
The stars look close together but in reality, they are light years apart.
They are on the same line of sight.
This picture shows the constellation of Cassiopeia from Earth, it shows how the line of sight
makes the star seems close together but they are not they are many light years apart A
light year part is a distance that light travels in one year, it is about 9.5 x 10^12 km.
Star map shows constellations and individual stars, they represent the starts by using
dots of different sizes.
As you see, on this star map, there are many white dots, they are the stars, they have
different masses, that is why the size of the dots are different, the larger it is,
the brightness increases.
Zodiac signs have their own unique constellations, and they also have many different myth's
that explain each sign.
We chose the most interesting myths for each sign, and will now explain them.
Aries means "the ram" in Latin.
In Greek myth, Aries is identified with the golden ram that rescued Phrixus and took him
to Colchis, where he sacrificed the ram to the gods.
He placed the ram's skin in a temple, this was the Golden Fleece.
Taurus is an influential man pretending to be something he is not, in order to have affection.
It is a tale of abduction, he travels across the sea and he shows off of a tender but strong
side to a man that is fake.
This myth is about the birth of the twins, in which they weren't really Leda's sons.
Zeus fell in love with Nemesis, When she transformed into a goose, Zeus found her, became a swan
himself, and mated with her passionately.
As a result, two eggs hatched, which was found by Leda in the swamp.
Through a role of the giant crab, the god of the sea, put in charge to keep his nymphs
safe.
He got tricked by a "vampire squid" that he sent to save a couple of nymphs who got
away.
After the fight with the squid he was crippled and because of his immortality, in pain forever.
Leo was a lion that terrorized people.
There wasn't any way to defeat him because of his impenetrable skin that couldn't be
punctured.
Heracles went to kill the Lion.
He strangled it, using his own claws
Virgo was linked to the Greek and Roman goddesses of Agriculture, Demetres and Ceres.
The ancient Greeks connected Virgo to Astraea, who was the last immortal to live with humans.
She left the Earth to flee from the wickedness of humanity.
Libra is best connected to Dike, the Greek goddess of justice, and the daughter of Zeus.
In service of her father, Dike was in charge of measuring the weight of human souls after
they passed away.
Her job was to punish souls and reward souls.
Orion threatened Artemis and her mother that he would kill every animal on our planet,
which made them angry enough to send a scorpion to kill Orion.
The scorpion kills Orion with his sting and Zeus raised them both to the stars.
Sagittarius is viewed as the satyr Crotus, the son of Pan.
He was considered a great huntsman and an even better musician.
Because of his talent for music, Muses requested that Zeus place him in the sky.
This is when Zeus gave him two horse feet, a tail and a bow with an arrow because of
his archery skills.
The myth of Capricorn is connected to Pan, the god of the wild.
Pan speaks of a gathering of gods that was interrupted by a monstrous giant.
Out of fear, all of the gods changed shape, while Pan jumped into the river Nile, turning
his legs into a tail of the fish, and his torso to a goat, to scare the monster away.
Ganymede a boy who was abducted by the gods because of his beauty and taken to Mount Olympus
where he replaced Hebe as Zeus' a cupbearer.
Hebe was Hera's daughter and the supreme goddess got angry because of this replacement.
Because of constant fighting, frustrated Zeus put Ganymede into the stars.
Pisces is represented by Aphrodite and her son Eros, who escaped from the monster Typhon
by leaping into the sea and transforming themselves into fish.
Ursa Major is the constellation that is known as the great bear, it contains 7 stars that
forms the big dipper.
The ancient Chinese saw the Big Dipper as a chariot for the emperor of the heavens,
the early Egyptians saw the thigh and leg of a bull.
North American Aboriginal cultures, saw the bowl of the Big Dipper as a bear.
The big Dipper's two end stars are called the pointer stars because they point toward
Polaris, the North star.
A long time ago, before the invention of the compas people used to use Polaris to tell
direction.
If you can see Polaris, then you know you are going north.
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Personal Support Lab (photos of PSW students)
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Video: Some storms could be strong tonight 5/30/17 - Duration: 3:47.
NOW, FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH
CAITLIN NAPOLEONI.
CAITLIN: GOOD TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE RAIN HAS CONTINUED TO MAKE
ITS WAY THROUGH THE CHAMPLAIN
VALLEY, SEAWAY VALLEY ALSO
GETTING HEAVIER SHOWERS THERE.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OVER THE
ISLANDS, YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY
SEEING THAT HEAVIER RAIN.
PRETTY SOON FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL
SEE THAT PICK UP IN ACTIVITY AS
WELL.
BURLINGTON HAS A NICE BETTY
RAIN.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER
LOOK AT SOUTHERN ASHTON
COUNTIES, HEAVIER SHOWERS ALL IN
THERE, THESE ARE MOVING EAST,
BUT A LITTLE NORTH AS WELL.
RUTLAND COUNTY, NORTHERN
BENNINGTON COUNTY, MANCHESTER
AREA, YOU GUYS GETTING A GOOD
DOWN TOWARD -- DOWNPOUR.
MOVING NORTH AND EAST AS WELL,
BE LITTLE BANDS WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH AND DEVELOPING
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO POINT OUT ALSO, THESE
CONVECTIVE STORMS DEVELOPING
OVER WESTERN NEW YORK.
WE WILL SEE THOSE POPPING UP
LATER IN OUR AREA BY
THIS EVENING AT LEAST.
LITTLE BREAK OVERNIGHT TONIGHT,
YOU CAN SEE THE DRIER PATCH OF
AIR BEHIND THIS FRIENDS, BUT
ANOTHER WILL SWOOP IN RIGHT
BEHIND IT, AND WE WILL SEE
THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM
PASSES THROUGH.
BECAUSE OF THAT RUN, WE HAVE A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.
THIS IS A SHOOT A BY THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER.
THE RISK IS LOW FOR SEVERE
WEATHER, BUT WE COULD SEE SOME
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OUT OF THAT
AS WELL AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL.
LET'S BREAK DOWN ISSUES WITH
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE COULD SEE SOME LOCALIZED
LETTING.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IS A
WIDESPREAD ISSUE AT ALL, BUT
WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN,
YOU WILL SEE STREAMS SWELL OF
IT.
LARGE POCKETS OF THE LARGEST UP
AND EMBEDDED STORMS.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT THINGS TO
WIDESPREAD OR TWO CRAZY.
SOUTHERLY WIND RIGHT NOW PRETTY
STRONG 15 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR
IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.
THAT SHOULD HELP OUR
TEMPERATURES CLIMB LITTLE BIT
DESPITE CLOUDS AND RAIN, BUT IT
IS STILL AT 57 DEGREES IN
BURLINGTON, 57 AND PLATTSBURGH
AIRED THERE IS A CHANCE WE COULD
WARM UP INTO THE 60 DEGREE RANGE
THIS AFTERNOON.
IF WE DO, IT WILL BE THANKS TO
THE WIND.
WE WILL HAVE THOSE STRONGER WHEN
THE -- WIND GUSTS EMBEDDED IN
THE STORMS.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGER
CONCERNS OUT OF THESE, ALONG
WITH THE HEAVY RAIN.
I MENTIONED THE CONVECTIVE
STORMS POPPING UP OVER WESTERN
NEW YORK, YOU CAN SEE THIS
DEVELOPING INTO MORE OF AN
ORGANIZED LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
IT DOES LOOK INTIMIDATING ON
STORM TRACKER, BUT I THINK THE
STRONG STORMS IT WILL BE FEW AND
FAR IN BETWEEN.
THAT MAY PACK A LITTLE PUNCH
TOWARD DINNERTIME AND SLIGHTLY
AFTER.
JUST WATCH OUT FOR THOSE, YOU
WILL NOTICE WHEN THEY ARE COMING
AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON
AIR AND ONLINE.
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, CLEAR THROUGH
TOMORROW, AND THEN IN THE
AFTERNOON STORMS WILL POP UP.
NOT A RISK OF ANYTHING STRONG AS
WE HAVE TODAY.
WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR THOSE
THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS, LITTLE WARM
ON YOUR WEDNESDAY.
THURSDAY LOOKS NICER, BECAUSE IT
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