The Constellation Game - Your Constellations
 
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Your Constellations

The constellations below were sent in by students like you! Each one has the constellation's stars (from the SkyServer notebook). Click on "Navigate" to see the star in the Navigation tool. Each constellation also has a picture (from SkyServer) and a story about how it became a constellation.

Send us your new constellations, and we'll put them up here!

3rd Grade
North Lake Park Community School
Orlando, FL

Austin L.
The Twin Towers

SkyServer Notebook

SkyServer NoteBook

type ra dec  
STAR 165.097324 2.32354 Navigate
STAR 165.152196 2.278816 Navigate
STAR 165.035864 2.429818 Navigate
STAR 165.094218 2.559898 Navigate
STAR 165.102408 2.402187 Navigate
STAR 165.160251 2.536863 Navigate
STAR 165.205802 2.474013 Navigate
STAR 165.251717 2.43386 Navigate
The twin towers constellation

The Twin Towers are in the sky because Osama Ben Laden ordered two men to run their air planes into the Twin Towers. The over 2000 people died but at least those people are in heaven. In the sky we now see the Twin Towers because it was a great tower.

 

Manuel C.
The Person

SkyServer Notebook

SkyServer NoteBook

type ra dec  
STAR 194.409924 2.447361 Navigate
STAR 194.472191 2.453311 Navigate
STAR 194.420192 2.498072 Navigate
STAR 194.462923 2.506206 Navigate
The person constellation

A person lives in a city, town and state. They are bad and sometime nice. They are different colors. They are different sizes. That's how a person became a constellation.

Send us your constellations, and we might put them up on these pages!