Constellations.

Science Weekly | December 12, 2002 | Copyright

For thousands of years, people have looked at the night sky. Gazing at the stars above, they saw many patterns. Connecting the stars with imaginary lines, they formed special shapes. We call these shapes constellations.

There are 88 different constellations recognized by astronomers all over the world. Constellations got their names from very old legends. Some constellations were also named after animals and objects found on Earth.

During the year, the constellations seem to be moving through the sky. It is really the Earth that is moving--on its long trip ...

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