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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:52 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:53 pm
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:55 pm
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★Current Lesson★
Astronomy One Lesson One
There are six Constellations in the North Polar Constellation. Those Constellations are as follows: Camelopardus, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Draco, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor. This lesson will teach you of two.
Camelopardus
The Giraffe
Origin of the Constellation
Camelopardus is a modern constellation. According to Ian Ridpath, it was invented by the Dutch theologian and astronomer Petrus Plancius. Both Ridpath and Julius D. W. Staal state that the German astronomer Jakob Bartsch included the constellation on a star map in 1614 (Ridpath) or 1624 (Staal).
The constellation contains no stars brighter than fourth magnitude. There is no classical mythology associated with it.
Cassiopeia
The Queen or The Lady in the Chair
The Brighter Stars of Cassiopeia are Caph and Schedar.
The Story
The Vanity of Cassiopeia
Queen Cassiopeia is the lovely, but vain queen and wife to King Cepheus of Ethiopia. Cassiopeia had the presumption to claim that she was even more lovely than the exquisite Nereids, the fifty sea nymphs who were the daughters of the gentle god Nereus, known as the Old Man of the Sea.
The Nereids' Revenge
Now the Nereid Amphitrite was the wife of Poseidon the God of the Sea. The Nereids begged Poseidon to punish the pride of Cassiopeia. This he did by sending the monster Cetus to ravage Ethiopia. To appease the god, King Cepheus had to offer his daughter Andromeda as a sacrifice to the monster, but the hero Perseus was able to slay the monster before it attacked Andromeda.
The Upside-down Queen
As an added punishment Cassiopeia was placed in the sky to revolve around the celestial pole forever, sometimes hanging upside down in undignified positions.
Astronomy Two Lesson One
Andromeda
The Chained Lady or The Princess
The Brighter Stars of Andromeda
The Brighter Stars of Andromeda are Almach, Alpheratz, and Mirach.
The Story
The Hubris of Cassiopeia
Andromeda was the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia of Ethiopia. Her mother Queen Cassiopeia was an exceedingly vain lady who dared to boast that she was more beautiful than even the Nereids, a group of fifty sea nymphs of exquisite beauty. The Nereids were so affronted at the presumption of the vain queen that they begged Poseidon to punish her.
The Punishment by Poseidon
In response to the pleas of the Nereids, Poseidon sent the sea monster Cetus to ravage Ethiopia. When King Cepheus asked the Oracle at Ammon what he must do to appease the anger of the god, he was told that he must sacrifice his beautiful virgin daughter to the sea monster. So he chained Andromeda to a rock on the Mediterranean shore at Jaffa (the present-day city of Tel Aviv) to await the approach of the monster.
How Her Life Was Saved
The story has a happy ending though, because the life of Andromeda was saved by the heroPerseus who slew the monster and claimed the hand of Andromeda in marriage.
Aquarius
The Water Carrier
The Brighter Stars of Aquarius
The Brighter star of Aquarius is Sadalmelik.
The Story
The Waiter on Olympus
The Water Carrier is the cup bearer to the gods living atop Mount Olympus. His name is Ganymede. He is usually protrayed as pouring water from his jar into the mouth of the Southern Fish, Piscis Austrinis.
Abduction of a Child
Ganymede was the son of King Tros, after whom the city of Troy was named. The story of Ganymede is rather horrifying if you bother to think about it; what it concerns is the abduction of a child from his parents.
Ganymede was abducted one day while he was keeping watch over a herd of his father's sheep. In one story it was Eos, the Goddess of the Dawn, who abducted the boy. She had a passion for young men. Then Zeus noted the beauty of the boy and stole him away from Eos.
The Eagle Steals the Boy
In the more common version of the story it was Zeus himself that was taken with the beauty of the shepherd boy and sent his eagle down to steal away the boy in its claws. Some say that the eagle was Zeus himself, who had transformed into the shape of the royal bird. The boy was carried off to the top of Mount Olympus to become the serving boy to the gods, pouring out from his jar the mixture of water and nectar quaffed by the gods in their revels.
Out of Egypt?
Ridpath cites Robert Graves to suggest that the figure of Aquarius originated in Egypt, with the figure representing the God of the Nile. Probably then the stream of water pouring forth from the jar would represent the Nile River itself.
Astronomy Four Carina
The Keel Carina Constellation
The Brighter Stars of Carina:
Avior Canopus Miaplacidus
The Story
Dividing Up the Ship
The Keel is the bottom of the Ship Argo, which was once represented in the sky by the very large constellation Argo Navis. On his sky chart published in 1763 Abbe Nicholas Louis de Lacaille divided Argo Navis into the three separate constellations of Carina, Puppis, and Vela representing the Keel, Stern, and Sail of the Argo.
Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the fifty greatest heroes of Greece sailed the Argo off into the Black Sea of Asia to recover the fabulous Golden Fleece. The twins Castor and Polydeuces (Pollux) were part of the crew, along with Argus, the builder of the ship. Hercules was also part of the crew, and Orpheus, the great musician as well.
"Tell that oak beam to shut up!"
The ship was built with timbers from Mount Pelion to the design of the goddess Athene, known for her wisdom. The bow of the ship was built around a wondrous oak beam from the Temple of Zeus at Dodona, where there was a well known oracle who spoke the words of Zeus. Being part of the oracle, the oak could speak itself. And while the voyage was being prepared the oak beam in the prow of the Argo could be heard continually calling for action.
A Stern View
Only the rear of the Argo is shown in the sky. Perhaps we are seeing the ship sail off into the mist or disappear between the Clashing Rocks at the entrance to the Black Sea.
Columba
The Dove
Cancer Constellation
The Story
The Good Ship 'Argo'
In ancient times the stars of Columba were not seen as part of the large constellation of Argo Navis, that is, the Ship Argo. Argo was the ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed off into the Black Sea and Asia in order to recover the Golden Fleece.
Noah's Dove
According to Ian Ridpath, Columba was first identified as a separate constellation by Petrus Plancius in 1592. Plancius renamed Argo Navis to be Noah's Ark and identified Columba as the dove sent out by Noah in search of dry land as the great flood ebbed that had covered the world (See Genesis 6:9 - 9:17).
Jason, The Dove, and The Clashing Rocks
In the story of Jason and the Argonauts, the entrance from the Aegean into the Black Sea was guarded by the clashing rocks. Jason released the dove to see if it could fly between the rocks without being mashed by the rocks clashing together. When the Argonauts saw the bird escape between the rocks, with only the loss of a few feathers, they tried it themselves with their galley, the Argo. By rowing at top speed they managed to find their way through the rocks just before they clashed together again. The Argo entered the Black Sea with only the loss of a few broken oars.
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:35 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:38 am
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★Homework★
Astronomy One Homework Lesson One
Questions:
(Each Q&A is Worth One Point)
1. How many Constellations are in the North Polar Constellations? And also name those Constellations.
2. Does the constellation Camelopardus have any classical mythology associated with it?
3. What is Camelopardus also known as?
4. Who was Queen Cassiopeia married to?
5. What was the Queen known for?
6. Who did the Queen presume she was more lovely than?
7. The God Nereus is also know as?
8. How did Poseidon punish Cassiopeia?
9. What did King Cepheus do to appease the god?
10. Who was Andromeda saved by and also able to slay the monster?
Extra Credit: Extra Credit: (Worth 5 Points)
As an added punishment for Cassiopeia what happened to her.
Astronomy Two Homework Lesson One
Questions:
(Each Worth 1 Points, Except Extra Credit which is worth 5 Points.)
1. Andromeda was chained to a rock on the Mediterranean shore at Jaffa. This is now the present day city of ___?
2. The constellation Andromeda is also know as who? (Name Both)
3. Aquarius is also known as who?
4. The Waiter on Mount Olympus name was what?
5. Ganymede was the son of who?
6. What city was named after King Tros?
7. In the first myth, who abductes Ganymede?
8. What was Eos the Goddess of?
9. In the second and more common myth, Zeus himself transforms into a what?
10. Ridpath, cites Robert Graves to suggest that the figure of Aquarius originated in Egypt, with the figure representing the God of what?
Extra Credit: (Worth 5 Points)
Name the five planets that are visable to the naked eye?
Astronomy Four Homework Lesson One
Questions:
(Each Q&A is Worth One Point)
1. What are the three bright stars of Carina?
2. Who divided the ship of Argo?
3. How many parts was it broken up into what where the names?
4. What was Jason's purpose when he sailed off?
5. Who were the members of the crew?
6. Where did the wood come from for the ship?
7. Who identified Columba as a separate constellation?
8. Who guarded the entrance of Aegean?
9. What was the dove used for in the two different stories?
10. What was the name of the sea in the lesson?
Extra Credit: Extra Credit: (Worth 5 Points)
Name the six countries that surround the black sea?
★Past Homework★
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:33 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:35 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:35 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:38 pm
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