CONSTELLATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF STARS IN A GROUP

WHAT IS CONSTELLATION?
A CONSTELLATION IS THE NAME
GIVEN BY OUR ANCESTORS TO
SPECIAL GROUPS OF STARS.
CONSTELLATIONS ARE INVENTED
RATHER THAN DISCOVERED.
WHAT IS CONSTELLATION?
THE CONSTELLATIONS ARE JUST
DISTINCTIVE AND EASY-TO-
REMEMBER PATTERNS OF STARS.
MOST OF THE FAMOUS ONES WERE
INVENTED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF
RECORDED HISTORY. ORION, FOR
EXAMPLE, HAS A HISTORY DATING
TO BEFORE ABOUT 4000 BC
 INVENTED THE
WHO DISCOVERED
CONSTELLATION?
DIFFERENT CULTURES HAVE
MADE UP DIFFERENT
CONSTELLATIONS BASED ON
THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OF THE
IMAGES THEY SEE IN THE SKY
GREEKS ORION= HUNTER ORION

FILIPINO BALATIK= TRAP FOR WILD PIG

GREEKS
ORION'S BELT

FILIPINO
TATLONG MARIA/ TRES MARIAS
WHY WOULD PEOPLE WANT
TO INVENT CONSTELLATION?
CONSTELLATIONS WERE CREATED
TO HELP OUR ANCESTORS, EVEN
ASTRONOMERS REMEMBERS
STARS. LONG TIME AGO,
FARMERS USED THEM AS
MARKERS FOR SEASONS.
WHY WOULD PEOPLE WANT
TO INVENT CONSTELLATION?
WHEN CERTAIN
CONSTELLATIONS APPEAR IN
THE SKY, THEY WOULD
KNOW WHEN TO BEGIN
PLANTING OR REAPING.
WHY DO YOU SEE DIFFERENT CONSTELLATION
AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR
WHILE THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH ON
ITS AXIS CAUSES THE APPARENT NIGHTLY
MOVEMENT OF THE STARS ACROSS THE
SKY, THE REVOLUTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE FACT THAT WE CAN SEE DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE SKY AT DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE YEAR.
WHY DO YOU SEE DIFFERENT CONSTELLATION
AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR
WHY DO YOU SEE DIFFERENT CONSTELLATION
AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR
AN OBSERVER FROM THE EARTH WILL
BE ABLE TO SEE THE STARS ON THE
NIGHT SIDE. THE STARS ON THE
SAME SIDE AS THE SUN, CANNOT BE
SEEN BECAUSE SUNLIGHT
OVERPOWERS ALL THE STAR LIGHTS.
SUN ILLUMINATION AS A
FUNCTION OF EARTH TILT
WHY DO YOU SEE DIFFERENT CONSTELLATION
AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR

DURING SUMMER IN THE PHILIPPINES,

THE CONSTELLATIONS OF ORION
AND TAURUS ARE NOT VISIBLE AT
NIGHT. THEY WILL BE VISIBLE
AGAIN AS THE COLD SEASON BEGIN.
 LEO

SCORPIO
ORION

TAURUS
CYGNUS
WHY DO YOU SEE DIFFERENT CONSTELLATION
AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR
AS THE EARTH REVOLVES AROUND
THE SUN, THE STARS THAT WERE
CONCEALED BY THE BRIGHT LIGHT
OF THE SUN IN THE PREVIOUS
MONTHS WILL APPEAR IN THE
NIGHT SKY.
 EXAMPLES OF
CONSTELLATIONS
 BLUFF CONSTELLATIONS ARE DISCOVERED

BALATIK IS PHILIPPINES' ORION

FACT CONSTELLATION

ORION AND TAURUS ARE

BLUFF VISIBLE DURING SUMMER
NIGHT SKY
WE SEE DIFFERENT
CONSTELLATION AT
A CTI V I TY 3 FACT DIFFERENT TIMES OF
THE YEAR BECAUSE OF
FACT OR BLUFF EARTH'S REVOLUTION
 CONSTELLATIONS
A L W AY S R EM E M B ER CONSTELLATIONS WERE USED AS
TH AT. ... MARKERS FOR
ARE GROUPS OF
SEASONS AND FOR
STARS NAVIGATION
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EARTH'S REVOLUTION IS
RESPONSIBLE WHY WE SEE
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
SKY AT DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE YEAR
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