How to Read the Starts in the Night Sky | 360 VR

[Music] how to read the night sky we can see so many stars in the night sky and we can't even count them all in ancient times people created imaginary patterns of star groups that we now call constellations how to recognize the most common constellations how to find a chained woman in the sky who where in this video we offer you an amateur astronomy guide that you can use to impress your friends with your vast knowledge let's start with Ursa Major also known as the Great Bear you can recognize Ursa Major by the famous Big Dipper which is alternatively called the plough however you should know that it can only be found in the northern sky what's interesting about this constellation is that many different civilizations saw it as a big female bear like this video if you have trouble seeing a bear shape in a bunch of stars its position in the sky is highest in spring and lowest and fall the story goes that in fall the bear looks for a place for its winter hibernation Ursa Minor also known as the little bear to see this constellation you need to find another Dipper the little one this time the main star in the constellation is Polaris also known as the North Star it marks the direction of True North for those in the northern hemisphere and the very beginning of the Little Dipper sailors use Polaris for navigation in the sea before GPS of course Araya oo Riga is the Latin name for charioteer in Greek mythology it is often associated with the Greek hero Erik phoniest who invented a horse chariot or Agha is best seen in winter evenings [Music] Cassiopeia Cassiopeia is the name of the Queen in Greek mythology she was famous for showing off with her unique beauty again those living in the northern part of the planet are lucky to see Cassiopeia all year round especially clearly from September to November it is formed by five stars and it's easy to recognize because it looks a lot like a W Andromeda the chained woman and here comes another beauty and dromeda was a princess who told the sea nymph that they were less beautiful than her Wow the nymphs couldn't take a blow of that low and complain to push Sidon the sea God didn't like that and threatened and dramatis father to flood his kingdom and the only way to save it was to sacrifice the daughter Andromeda was chained to a rock but lucky for her Perseus came to her rescue hi those crazy Greek gods what are you gonna do with him huh formed by sixteen main stars the constellation does look like a person a little however it's quite hard to tell if the person is really that beautiful as the myth says Perseus yep this is the same Perseus who saved Andromeda he and the alleged Beauty married and had six children it is best viewed from August to March in the northern hemisphere and in the southern part you can see it in the middle of the spring Leo you must know this constellation as Leo on the zodiac signs Leo is Latin for lion the same line that was killed by Hercules whew don't tell PETA just like Ursa Major Leo was seen as a lion by various civilizations the Persians the Indians the Turks and others in the northern hemisphere it is best seen in May butis or a butis or you know whatever this strange-looking word comes from Greek and means herdsmen according to one of the myths butis is Icarus who got a secret recipe for why Icarus loved the drink a lot and later invited his friends to enjoy it too in the morning the friends woke up with a terrible hangover and thought that Icarus had tried to poison them they decided to kill him so Icarus was placed in the sky Wow taking it a little personally are we and butit's is one of the biggest constellations in the sky Corona borealis again Corona borealis is the Latin for northern crown in mythology it symbolizes the crown that Dionysus presented to Adriana the princess of Crete well we have to admit it does look like a crown a little if you kind of squint are there any other space related topics you'd like to learn more about tell us in the comment section below be sure to share this video with your friends to look up the constellations together and don't forget to give us a thumbs up see you right back here for more of the bright side of life [Music]

Channel: BRIGHT SIDE

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Keywords: constellations, night sky, starts, how to find star constellations, stars at night, astrology, facts about space, videos about space, videos about space for kids, virtual reality videos, VR, virtual reality 360, vr videos, vr videos 360

Id: owqf9rQ4B68

Length: 5min 26sec (326 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 27 2017