- A Skywatcher's Pronunciation Guide
Find out how to pronounce all of the 88 constellations.
http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/pronunciation_guide.html
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- Constellation Index
At this site you can look at images of constellations, find out how constellations got their names, and find out how to read a star charts.
http://homepage.mac.com/kvmagruder/bcp/aster/constellations/index.htm
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- Constellation Information
View the constellation patterns and learn a few of the names of the bright stars in each constellation using this web site.
http://www.astronomical.org/constellations/obs.html
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- Constellation List
This site contains diagrams of the 88 constellations allow with some history behind their names.
http://einstein.stcloudstate.edu/Dome/constellns/constlist.html
(Added: Sun Oct 06 2002)
- Constellations
This site provided by the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) contains links, history, and star list for the 88 constellations.
http://www.seds.org/Maps/Const/constS.html
(Added: Sun Oct 27 2002)
- Constellations
Historically, constellations were groupings of stars that were thought to outline the shape of something, usually with mythological significance. There are 88 recognized constellations, with their names tracing as far back as Mesopotamia, 5000 years ago.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/constellations.html
(Added: Sun Oct 27 2002)
- How to Pronounce Constellation Names
List you read audio segments that tell you how to pronounce star and constellation names.
http://www.earthsky.com/Features/Skywatching/pronounce.html
(Added: Wed Oct 23 2002)
- Zodiac Constellations
Each year the Sun moves eastward in a complete circle around the sky. The path followed by the Sun is called the ecliptic, and any constellation containing the ecliptic is called a zodiac constellation.
http://www.earthvisions.net/bcp/zodiacal/zoo.htm
(Added: Sat Oct 26 2002)
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