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Constellations

Constellations are figures that people have been seeing in the stars for thousands of years. These 26 are easy to find from Switzerland. For each one there is the myth, the stars and a map.

Mizar Plough (Big Dipper)a box with a curved handle Pole Star Little Dippera small, faint dipper by the Pole Star Cassiopeiaa big W (or M) Cepheusa house with a pointed roof Dracoa long, winding line with a head of four stars BetelgeuseRigel Orionan hourglass with three stars in a row (the belt) Aldebaran Taurusa V of stars with the red eye Aldebaran CastorPollux Geminitwo parallel chains of stars with Castor and Pollux at the top Capella Aurigaa large pentagon with bright Capella Algol Perseusa sweeping arc of stars Andromedaa chain of stars hanging from the Square of Pegasus Pegasusa large square (the Great Square of Pegasus) Ariesa short, bent line of three stars Regulus Leoa backwards question mark (the head) and a triangle (the back) Spica Virgoa large Y with bright Spica Arcturus Boötesa kite or an ice-cream cone with orange Arcturus Herculesa square (the “Keystone”) with arms and legs Vega Lyraa small parallelogram below bright Vega Deneb Cygnusa large cross along the Milky Way Altair Aquilaa bright star with a fainter one on either side Antares Scorpiusa long, curved tail with red Antares Sagittariusa teapot Sirius Canis Majora stick-figure dog below dazzling Sirius Procyon Canis Minorjust two stars, with bright Procyon Libratwo stars between Virgo and Scorpius Aquariusa loose group of faint stars