like a country on a map. The star figures first noticed in antiquity lie within these regions. Some constellations hold other identifiable shapes formed by stars, called asterisms. Seven bright ...

A star map (or star chart) is basically a cheat sheet for the night sky. It helps you figure out where constellations and bright stars are at any given time. To use one, just hold it up so that ...

After boasting of her beauty to the Nereids or sea nymphs, she is punished rather harshly in my view by Poseidon and finds herself tethered to the north star Polaris to spin around it for perpetuity ...