The constellations

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This beautiful image, showing all the star constellations seen in the Northern and South Hemispheres, is a book plate that came from an old dictionary It would make a wonderful poster, and it enlarges beautifully up to 18' x 24' (you'll need to trim the sides a little). You could even print it as a wallet size image to take outdoors, because it includes the numbered map with names, so you can use it to identify constellations as well. {click

Winter constellations of the northern hemisphere.

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Canis Major Constellation

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To help find their way around the sky, astronomers divide it into 88 regions, like counties in a state. The regions are connected to imaginary stick-figure pictures called the constellations. Many cultures have their own set of legendary sky figures. We use the mythological characters imagined by the ancient Greeks and ancient Egyptians. Orion, the Hunter, is one of the most familiar constellations. His shoulders, legs, and waist are easy to trace. | What Stars and Nebulae Are | Kids…

the constellation Orion