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1What do you want to do?

2Where do you live?

Your location decides which star patterns are visible and what the sky looks like. The farther north you are, the more star patterns never set below the horizon.

3Quiz Constellations

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4Names of the Stars

Show the names of the brightest stars, such as Betelgeuse and Vega.

5Read aloud

How to do it

A constellation is a group of stars that people have seen a shape in – a hunter, a bear, a swan. Astronomers have divided the whole sky into 88 constellations, a bit like a country is divided into states. Explore them one at a time, look at the whole sky above your location right now, or test how many you can recognize.

What you will learn

  • The SkyThe constellations and the brightest stars.
  • Earth's movementWhy the sky rotates and changes with the seasons.
  • Cardinal directionsFind north with the North Star.
  • MythsThe stories behind the figures.

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