Constellations

Constellations

(Myth constellation)

Group of stars form patterns in the night sky, are called constellations. There are 88 known constellations. The Sumerians, a middle Eastern civilization, probably name them about 5000 years ago. They called them after the shapes, objects, animals that they thought they look like, or after the mythological characters.

The largest is Hydra, the sea serpent, and the smallest is Crux Australis, the southern cross. Centaurus, the centaur has the most stars that can be seen with naked eye.