What year was the Hercules constellation found?

Answer 1

The stars that make up the constellation Hercules - or any other constellation - have existed for hundreds of thousands or millions of years. Some stars are older, some newer.

However, "the constellation Hercules" isn't in the sky; it is in the minds of human beings like those who, long ago, looked into the night sky and made up stories about the shapes they imagined there. We see "the constellation Hercules" in the sky because our parents or teachers repeated the stories that they had learned from THEIR parents and teachers for dozens of generations now.

Answer 2

The stars themselves are millions or billions of years old. The patterns exist only in our own minds, but the stories that people told about the Pegasus are probably about 3000 years old.

Answer 3

Summer, in the Northern Hemisphere. It may appear earlier, depending on latitude.

Answer 4

Most veteran sky-watchers prefer to observe it at night.

Answer 5

Most of the northern hemisphere constellations were named in Greek or Roman times.

Answer 6

The Hercules constellation has been known since ancient times, dating back to the ancient Greeks. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy.

Answer 7

8,697,797,423 years old!

Answer 8

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