HOW TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH CONSTELLATIONS 201 



Star is practically in line with the axis of the earth and all 

 other stars keep the same relative position to the North 

 Star, there is ap- 

 parent rotation of 

 all the other stars 

 about Polaris in 

 the center. 



How the Stars 

 Got Their Names. 

 Many boy and girl 

 scouts may have 

 studied the stars 

 enough to know the 

 names of some of 

 the constellations. 

 Ancient peoples in 

 their study of the 



i ^ Star map of the region about the North Star (pole 



heavens saw many star)> If you face north at 8 PM and hold this map 



Wonderful Crea- in front of you with the name of the present month at 

 +IIT-OG tViorP rlrao- the bottom, you will find these five constellations in 

 ie, i i d&- the relatiye positions indicated on the map. 



ons, horses, lions, 



dogs, as well as many mythological characters. These 

 groups of stars have been called constellations. There 

 are 48 constellations named by ancients and about 40 

 more have been added in later times. Some are called by 

 very ordinary names such as the Big Dipper and the 

 Little Dipper, which you have all seen. But these same 

 constellations have also been given other names, the 

 Great Bear and the Little Bear. Many of the star groups 

 have Greek or Roman names which have come down from 

 the ancient times because of the stories that the ancient 

 peoples told about these figures in the sky. It is interesting 

 to know that certain constellations known to the Egyptians, 

 Chinese, the Greeks, and our American Indians had the 

 same names given them by these different peoples. For 



