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i say it's kinda like a form of religion. think of the greek gods &such
Different stars make up different constellations...
None of the constellations were "put" in the sky. Long ago, before TV and electric lights, before books, people made up stories. Many of the stories were based on the myths and legends of ancient societies. At night, storytellers would make up stories about the patterns that they saw in the night skies. All human beings see patterns, even when there aren't any, and in the darkness of the night there are MANY many stars about which you can imagine patterns. Some of the "shapes" that people saw in the skies were heroes like Hercules or Orion, or animals like the Crab, the Lion and the Scorpion (Cancer and Leo and Scorpio), or gods. Later on, navigators would imagine more practical constellations to help them see the stars that they used to steer by, constellations like Telescopium or Sextans or Octans. And every primitive society has different stories, and different constellations, to describe the essentially random scattering of visible stars in the skies.
Stars are grouped to make a constellations because the way you look at it,it looks that way.
People made up stories about the constellations to help them remember and navigate the night sky. These stories often incorporated characters and mythological figures, making the constellations more memorable and relatable. Additionally, storytelling has been a fundamental part of human culture throughout history, and creating narratives about the stars was a way for people to connect with and understand the celestial world around them.
Ancient man invented the constellations. They saw patterns in the stars and drew imaginary lines to make images out of them.
yes the do not but the can/t but ithink not they do dut i think so
Constellations are human interpretation to how stars seem to make shapes and patterns. Most constellations need a lot of imagination to be seen and different cultures have interpreted them differently. The constellations are also not really there in the sense that what we see as flat images in the sky are actually three dimensional with stars hundreds of light years apart.
i say it's kinda like a form of religion. think of the greek gods &such
Different stars make up different constellations...
Many cultures have named the constellations, including the Chinese. The people that named the constellations that we know today, though, are the Greeks. They named the constellations after famous people from Greek mythology, including gods, and others. They named one after Venus (the goddess of love and beauty), one after Orion (Neptune the sea god's son), and the others after many other famous Greeks.The Greeks
None of the constellations were "put" in the sky. Long ago, before TV and electric lights, before books, people made up stories. Many of the stories were based on the myths and legends of ancient societies. At night, storytellers would make up stories about the patterns that they saw in the night skies. All human beings see patterns, even when there aren't any, and in the darkness of the night there are MANY many stars about which you can imagine patterns. Some of the "shapes" that people saw in the skies were heroes like Hercules or Orion, or animals like the Crab, the Lion and the Scorpion (Cancer and Leo and Scorpio), or gods. Later on, navigators would imagine more practical constellations to help them see the stars that they used to steer by, constellations like Telescopium or Sextans or Octans. And every primitive society has different stories, and different constellations, to describe the essentially random scattering of visible stars in the skies.
Historians study cultural hearths to make connections between ancient civilizations.
None. Many stars make up constellations.
There are no constellations in the solar system as the stars that make up the constellations are outside of our solar system.
The first impact that ancient cultures make is pure amazement and what they were able to accomplish with the technology available to them. The second, is to study the causes of their decline and possibly relate the ancient events to negative things happening today and correct them.
My wild guess would be that they probably made these stories up because it helps others get a better understanding of constellations and it also shows that there is background information behind each constellation. With every story that was told about a constellation it keeps people interested and wanting to know more about where constellations came from or what constellations are. Constellations- A group of stars that make distinctive patterns in the sky.